TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 PART I 



Description, Nomenclature and Classification 



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~ CHAPTER I 



CD PAGES 



^ SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY AND THE PLUMS 1-8 



The modern neglect of systematic pomology The 

 subdivisions of systematic pomology How to de- 

 scribe fruits Blank forms Naming fruits Nomen- 

 clature Concerning rules The Lazy Club rules for 

 pcmological nomenclature The classification of va- 

 rieties Pomological and botanical types The ap- 

 plication of these principles in this book. 



CHAPTER II 



PLUM BOTANY . . . . . . . . . 9-19 



Plum growers are mostly botanists the basis of bo- 

 ,. tanical judgments Botanical classification the foun- 

 dation of horticultural classification of plums Bo- 

 i tanical science not infallible The genus Prunus 

 1^ Rosaceae vs. Drupaceae Names and descriptions 

 _j cf species and botanical varieties. 



() CHAPTER III 



C THE DOMESTICA PLUMS 20-29 



O Origin and wanderings Introduction into Europe 

 ^ Several types The Reine Claude, or Green Gage 

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