FRUITS FOR SMALL GARDEN 293 



Plums 



Practically any good soil suits the plum, though if it inclines 

 toward heavy it may be more favorable. They produce larger 

 fruit, it is claimed, when mulched as they like moisture retained 

 at their roots. The Japanese varieties are inferior in flavor 

 though very prolific. For the private garden therefore I do not 

 advise them. 



Quinces 



These should be sprayed the same as apples and pears, as the 

 same insects attack them, causing wormy or distorted fruit. Any 

 ordinary soil suits them. 



Meech's Prolific Champion 



Gooseberries 



These require high and abundant fertilizing. 



Downing Josselyn Red Jacket 



Raspberries 

 Red Black 



St. Regis (everbearing) Plum Farmer 



Blackberries 



Eldorado, Early Harvest; also the Lucretia Dewberry, the 

 Himalaya berry and the Loganberry. 



