MASSACHUSETTS 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 



AUG T- 



Bulletin No. 413 March, 1944 



The Identification of Plum Varieties 

 From Non-Bearing Trees 



Bv Lawrence Southvvick and A. P, French 



The identification of varieties before fruit trees leave the nursery is important 

 if disappointments in the orchard are to be avoided. This bulletin considers 

 the characteristics by which nursery plum trees may be identified and records 

 descriptions and photographs of 57 varieties. 



MASSACHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE 

 AMHERST, MASS. 



