Contents vii 



CHAPTER XXVII 



PAGES 



MISCELLANEOUS AND UNCLASSIFIED VARIETIES NAMED 



AND DESCRIBED 229-234 



PART II 

 Culture and Management 



CHAPTER XXVIII 



THE PROPAGATION OF PLUMS ...... 235-250 



Practical complications Growing from seed 

 Suckers Layers Cuttings Budding Whip-graft- 

 ing Budding vs. grafting Side-grafting Top- 

 working The Various Stocks : Horse plum St. 

 Julien Myrobalan Mafianna Peach Apricot 

 Americana seedlings Chicasaws The Sand plum 

 Wayland seedlings Pacific plum Sand cherry 

 Other stocks Summary : As regards stocks As re- 

 gards scions As regards locality. 



CHAPTER XXIX 



SELECTION OF VARIETIES . . < . . . . 251-264 

 Personal preferences Also prejudices Local adap- 

 tations Basis of selections of varieties Market va- 

 rieties: Market demands Quebec, upper Ontario, 

 northern Maine. New Hampshire and Vermont- 

 New England, in general New York, northern Ohio, 

 lower Ontario, southern Michigan and central Penn- 

 sylvania Wisconsin, Minnesota, Manitoba, Montana, 

 the Dakotas, Iowa and northern Nebraska and Colo- 

 rado Kentucky, Indiana. Illinois, Missouri, Kansas 

 and Colorado Maryland and Virginia and adjacent 

 territory Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma and south- 

 ward Varieties for home use: Principles of selec- 

 tion Specific recommendations Selection by experi- 

 ment. 



CHAPTER XXX 



ORCHARD AND GARDEN MANAGEMENT . . . 265-281 

 Orchard and garden status of the plums Soils 

 Exposures Drainage Planting Cultivation 

 IrrigationPruning Spraying Thinning Picking 

 and marketing. 



