NEW FTwUITS. 



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New varieties have been introduced from, time to time 

 which were said to be curculio proof, but these promises 

 were never made good, and we may rest assm'ed that no 

 such variety will ever be produced. The curculio is not 

 very particular as to the kind of fruit in which it deposits 

 its eggs, and if none is at hand, the warts on a cherry- 

 tree or a fresh oak gall will be used instead. The wild 

 plum in some sections has partially escaped, while the 

 foreign species has been destroyed, and this has induced a 



Fig. 7. 



few cultivators to suppose that our native varieties would 

 always be exempt from the attacks of this insect. Some 

 of our native kinds are wortli cultivating, but they are 

 not any more reliable than some of the foreign varieties. 

 One of the largest and best of the natives is the Miner 

 Plum, fig. 7. It is quite large, of a deep red color, and 

 as good as the best of this species. Tree, a strong and 

 vigorous grower, and quite productive. Figured and 

 described in Horticulturist for October. 



