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erable extent with their environment. At any 

 rate Mr. Burbank has said that this is "the 

 best plum ever produced. ' ' 



Stark Brothers have recently introduced an- 

 other new plum under the name of Mammoth 

 Gold. So far the American Pomological Soci- 

 ety has not interfered with this name and it 

 may stick. I have never seen the new variety, 

 but from all that is claimed it appears to be 

 promising as a very early Japanese sort. 



Neither the Golden nor the Early Gold 

 should be confused with the fine old European 

 sort known as the Golden Drop. Neither of 

 these Jap varieties can compare with the won- 

 derful quality of some of the Old- World sorts. 

 Unfortunately the Golden Drop does not suc- 

 ceed in America except on the Pacific Coast 

 where it grows to perfection and is used for all 

 purposes for which a plum is adaptable. It is 

 even used for prune making and, being a yellow 

 plum, the product is known as "silver prune. " 

 In the East the variety fails in vigor and hardi- 

 ness and the fruit is very subject to brown rot. 

 It is, however, grown by amateurs to a limited 

 extent and is worth trying by any one who will 

 take the time and trouble to look after it as care- 

 fully as it deserves. In our day we are too 

 much inclined to rush our work and to 

 devote our attention only to those things 

 which promise the greatest results with 



