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size and quality of the fruit and save the trees from heing 

 injured by overbearing. The fruit should be allowed to 

 become very nearly ripe upon the trees before picking for 

 the best quality, though for canning purposes they are 

 sometimes picked as soon as fully grown and well colored. 



The varieties that may be recommended are the Bradshaw, 

 Lombard, Imperial Gage, Green Gage, German Prune 

 (Fellemberg), and Damson of the European plums, and the 

 Abundance, Burbank, and Satsuma of the Japanese plums. 

 The last-named variety is valuable only for canning. 



THE QUINCE. 



Two or three quince-trees in the home garden will be 

 often a source of much satisfaction. If there is a low place 

 about the grounds, yet where there is no standing water 

 with especially rich soil, the quince will succeed under such 

 conditions. 12 by 15 feet is a good distance for planting, 

 and it generally succeeds best where the land is frequently 

 cultivated. 



The quince is usually free from serious diseases, but in 

 very wet and hot seasons the cedar-apple rust, leaf -blight, 

 and fire-blight sometimes does considerable injury. Spray- 

 ing thoroughly with the Bordeaux mixture before the leaves 

 unfold and again after the fruit has set will be greatly 

 beneficial. The flat-headed apple-borer sometimes is seri- 

 ously injurious, and the trees must be examined once or 

 twice each year and the borers dug out. 



The varieties suggested are the Orange, Reas, and 

 Champion. 



THE CHERRY. 



Very few persons succeed in growing the cherry on a 

 small scale from the fact that the birds get the largest share 



