PRACTICAL GARDENING 



Thin the fruit so that the tree may produce 

 each year and the remaining fruit will be 

 larger, a finer texture, and better flavor. 



The plum curculio is controlled with the 

 same solution as suggested for the same insect 

 on the cherry. 



To control the Brown Rot, pick off all the 

 "mummies" or rotten plums after the foliage 

 has fallen. Spray with Bordeaux Mixture. 



It is not an easy matter to advise any one 

 in the selection of varieties. Like the apple 

 there are many fine varieties but the follow- 

 ing list may aid in selection. The Lombard 

 produces a purplish red or violet colored 

 fruit. The tree is thrifty and hardy. It 

 blossoms about the middle of May, the fruit 

 is ripe in September. 



The Burbank is a Japanese plum. Its fruit 

 is a large reddish plum with yellow flesh. The 

 tree is very vigorous but the quality of the 

 fruit is only fair. It blooms in May and ripens 

 in August. 



Gplcjen Drop, yellow fruit, is one of 

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