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with considerable mixture of clay." The 

 plum does not do so well, in dry soils, as other 

 fruit-trees. 



Distance. A plum orchard may be set 

 with the trees ten to fifteen feet apart. 



Transplanting. The plum is a tree very 

 easily transplanted. (See the Chapter on 

 Transplanting Part 1. 



Pruning. The directions are the same as 

 those for the apple. Unthrifty plum trees are 

 sometimes benefited by an occasional appli- 

 cation of the shortening-in system, recom- 

 mended for the peach, arid also for the dwarf- 

 pear. 



Insects, Diseases, Remedies. These are 

 the Curculio or plum-weevil, and the Black 

 Excrescence. The Curculio is the worm 

 found in the fruit. It is of a dark brown col- 

 or, and about a quarter of an inch long. The 

 insect at the season of laying its eggs, may be 

 frightened away, by frequently shaking it off, 

 or even by persons often passing close by the 

 tree. It may be caught by shaking the tree, 

 having sheets spread on the ground under- 

 neath. Both of these methods have been fre- 

 quently practised with great success, Letting 

 swine among the trees to devour the wormy 



