V 



The Myrobalan Plums 



THE Myrobalan species has pro- 

 duced a few horticultural varie- 

 ties in this country, of which 

 Marianna has claimed most at- 

 tention. One secures a wrong 

 impression of the group, how- 

 ever, by studying first the Mari- 

 anna. Marianna is not typical, 

 it is exceptional, and the group 

 should not be treated with special reference to this 

 variety. It is especially misleading to call this the 

 Marianna group, as some writers have done, myself 

 among them. 



The Myrobalan plum is probably an offshoot of 

 the Domestica tribe originally. It is characterized by 

 a more slender growth and a greater ease of propaga- 

 tion, by thinner leaves and by softer, thinner-skinned 

 fruit. It has been used very extensively in this coun- 

 try, as in Europe, as a stock for propagating other 

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