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The cost of the trees is lessened by 

 planting one-year-old trees, which is 

 becoming a common practice in Cam- 

 bridgeshire, as the maiden trees have more 

 root in proportion to stem, and get a 

 firm hold of the soil before they have top 

 enough for the wind to affect them; and 

 although at planting these trees look 

 small, they go ahead of trees two or three 

 years old when planted. 



In a very good cherry orchard over grass 

 near Faversham, plum trees (chiefly Vic- 

 torias) were planted between the rows 

 of cherries, and are now cropping well 

 without taking up too much room. Rivers' 



Early Prolific is found to grow well under 

 grass. 



Damsons were growing at Damascus at 

 the commencement of the Christian era. 



Damson stones are found in the relics 

 of the Swiss Lake dwellings, but not plum 

 stones. 



Plums were grown in Italy in the Roman 

 period, and enterprising Englishmen 

 imported plum trees from Italy. 



Victoria plums were also called Dauphin. 



Greengage was introduced from France 

 by a Mr. Gage, whose gardener having 

 lost the label from a Reine Claude plum 

 called the plum Greengage. 



