2*0 FRUIT-GROWING 



De Soto 



The De Soto is a native American plum and 

 said to be one of the best of its class. I have 

 never grown it and am not familiar with either 

 the tree or fruit. 



Golden 



Some years ago Luther Burbank introduced 

 a new plum under the name of Golden, but did 

 not sell any considerable number of the trees. 

 Shortly afterward the variety was sold to Stark 

 Brothers, who re-named the variety ' ' Gold. ' ' It 

 is under the last name that the plum is prin- 

 cipally grown, but the American Pomological 

 Society has retained the first name. A great 

 deal of confusion might be avoided if more 

 care were used in the classifying of the names 

 of our common fruits. As it stands to-day the 

 principal distributor of this variety sells it 

 under a name that we are assured by the 

 authorities does not exist. Regardless of the 

 name the plum appears to be a very promis- 

 ing new variety. It has the same parentage 

 as the America and to a certain extent 

 resembles that variety, but is not of such 

 good quality. Also, with us, the trees have 

 rot proved to be good growers and are late in 

 starting to bear. It may be that in some sec- 

 tions these defects will not be so apparent for, 

 as I have already said, plums vary to a cousid- 



