260 Plums and Plum Culture 



Everyone will see the danger of making a general 

 recommendation of any varieties for the home garden 

 where so much depends on personal preferences. Yet 

 the man who is totally unacquainted with varieties 

 must perforce depend on the judgment of some one 

 else to make his first selection for him. To meet the 

 wishes of this class of planters, the author will present, 

 in the next few pages, a number of specific sugges- 

 tions for planting home plum orchards. The arrange- 

 ment of the trees in the plots is also shown, consider- 

 ation being given to the matter of pollination. The 

 selections offered are intended to give as great a va- 

 riety as passible, both in character of the fruit and in 

 season. They have been made after careful study of 

 all the conditions, and after consultation with the best 

 plum growers in each region. 



It must be understood that these are only sugges- 

 tions. They are not prescriptions. They are for the 

 use of the novice; and the man who is acquainted with 

 other varieties which he prefers to those recommended 

 should follow his own preferences. 



f f g g h 

 i i j j h 



k k k 1 1 



Suggestion for a home orchard of twenty-five trees in New 

 England. The same selection and grouping would be 

 recommended for Nova Scotia. 



a, 3 Lombard; b, 2 Bavay; c, 2 Pond; d, I Shropshire; 

 e, 2 Jefferson ; f, 2 De Soto ; g. 2 Hawkeye ; h, 2 Cheney ; i, 2 

 Abundance ; ;', 2 Chabot ; k, 3 Burbank ; /", 2 Red June. 



