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years ago and in the plum-growing portions of 

 our country has been grown for half a century. 

 It is a beautiful greenish-yellow in color and 

 the quality is of the very best. The trees, like 

 all European plums, are not so vigorous nor do 

 they bear so early as do the Japanese sorts. 

 As a rule, however, they are longer-lived if 

 given the proper care. 



The Bavay is increasing in popularity owing 

 to the fact that it is a very good desert plum 

 and in addition it retains much of its high 

 quality after it is cooked. In addition the 

 growers like it because it keeps and ships well. 

 In fact it is an " all-around" fruit of its class. 



Bradshaw 



Nurserymen exert a tremendous influence on 

 horticulture in ways that at the time are not 

 suspected. When the undecided grower goes 

 to buy his trees it is ten chances to one that 

 the nurseryman will sell him the kind of which 

 he has most. This explains why there are more 

 Bradshaw plums than any other variety 

 planted in New York State. The Bradshaw 

 makes a fine-looking tree in the nursery, it is 

 easy to grow, and as a result nurserymen grew 

 tremendous quantities of them. The variety, 

 of course, is not without merit as the trees are 

 large, vigorous and very productive, and the 

 fruit is large and attractive. However, the 



