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 DWARF PLUMS 



MOST amateur and professional fruit growers are 

 less interested in plums than in other tree fruits. Per- 

 haps I am prejudiced, but I feel that this is not fair 

 to the plum. Plums yield some profit when rightly 

 cultivated commercially, and no end of satisfaction 

 when cultivated for the gardener's own entertainment. 

 The large assortment of varieties which one may 

 secure is in itself a claim to interest, and a source 

 of much delight to the collector. The fact that 

 different types of plums furnish fruit of very di- 

 verse characters makes the collection more valuable 

 from every standpoint. So far as the writer knows 

 dwarf plums have seldom been grown to any extent 

 in America. They certainly have no present claim 

 based on experience for recognition in commercial 

 orchards. Nevertheless they have possibilities even 

 for the growing of market fruit, and for cultivation in 

 the garden, dwarf trees are altogether worth while. 



In the chapter on propagation, reference has been 

 made to the stocks used for plums and that subject 

 need not be discussed here. 



When plum trees have been secured budded on 

 suitable dwarfing stocks, as, for example, Americana 

 or sand cherry, they may be trained in a variety of 

 ways. Probably the ordinary bush form is the best. 

 Most varieties of plums do not form either a satis- 



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