ORCHARD FRUITS 



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varieties I raise are Moore's Arctic, Lombard, 

 Shipper's Pride, Niagara, and Imperial Gage. 

 There are many other good varieties, some very- 

 good eating plums, but the trees are tender and do 

 not stand our cold winters. The Burbank is a fine 

 plum and a good growing tree, but the fruit buds 

 are tender and winterkill. The Abundance is an- 

 other fine plum, but the tree grows so late in the 

 fall the wood does not harden and get ripe. I 

 should not advise people to set it here in Maine." 



PLUMS FOR THE CENTRAL STATES 



According to Prof. F. H. Ballou, " European 

 varieties of plums succeed well in all parts of Ohio 

 and stand alone in their general 

 excellence for culinary purposes. 

 The following list covers the en- 

 tire season of nearly eight weeks, 

 during which there need be no 

 break in the succession of deli- 

 cious plums for table use or for 

 market : Clyman, Czar, Lincoln, 

 Bradshaw, Field, Imperial Gage, 

 Spaulding and Missouri Green 

 Gage, Lombard, Empire, Miller, 

 Bavay (Reine Claude), Monarch, 

 Archduke, Golden Drop, and Grand 

 Duke. 



" No other class of plums ap- 

 proaches the fine varieties of 

 Europeans for firmness of flesh, richness, mild- 

 ness, and delicate flavor for culinary pur- 

 poses, but this same firmness of flesh and richness 

 of quality soon cloys the appetite for these fruits 

 in their fresh state. Not so with the finer varieties 



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