254 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



Eemarks. — Foreign. Only esteemed or cooking or 

 market purposes. Eecommended by Buchanan, Ernst, 

 and Warder for the region around us. Its large size gives 

 it rather an imposing appearance. It grows to a larger 

 size in England, from its probably requiring a cooler cli- 

 mate than ours. 



From Report of E. BuCHANAN, A. H. Ernst, and J. A. 

 Warder, to the Americdu Pomological Society. 



PLUMS. 



" Most varieties of this fruit bear well here, when jiro- 

 tected from the curculio ; and in some seasons, when all 

 fruits arc abundant, even without protection. Average 

 bearing, three out of four vears. The curculio is de- 

 stroyed by shaking it off in the morning and evening on 

 sheets, or by syringing the tree several times with sulphur 

 and lime water^ (liA'e pounds of flower of sulphur and a 

 half barrel of lime to a barrel of water), or by planting 

 the trees in pavements, or in a well j^rotected chicken- 

 yard, apart from other fruits. The varieties most gener- 

 ally cultivated are as follows : 



" Bleecker's Gage, Blue Gage, Coe's Golden Drop, Du- 

 ane's Purple, Early Orleans, Flushing Gage, German 

 Prune, Green Gage, House Plum, Huling's Superb, Jeffer- 

 son, Nectarine, Old Orleans, Peach, Prince's Imperial, 

 Purple Damson, Purple Egg, Smith's Orleans, Washing- 

 ton, Yellow Egg." 



the fifteen best plums. 



The following range of seasons is from the maturity of 

 the fruit from the northern to the southern parts of the 

 country. 



Bleecker's Gage. Season, first July to last Aug. 



Coe's Golden Drot. Season, early Aug. to last Sept. 



