XXVIII 



The Propagation of Plums 



THE nurseryman has no more 

 complicated subject to deal 

 with than the propagation of 

 plums. This will be better rea- 

 lized after a glance at the fol- 

 lowing exhibit of the principal 

 groups of plums to be propa- 

 gated (nearly all sufficiently 

 diverse to have received spe- 

 cific rank at the hands of the botanists), and the lead- 

 ing kinds of stocks on which these different groups of 

 varieties may be propagated. 



Groups of plums. Domestica, Damson, Myrobalan (in- 

 cluding Marianna), Japanese, Simoni, Americana, Miner, Way- 

 land, Wildgoose, Chicasaw, Watsoni. 



Kinds of stocks. Horse plum, St. Julien, Myrobalan, Ma- 

 rianna, Peach, Apricot, Americana, Chicasaw, Wayland, Sand 

 cherry, Pacific plum. 



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