Tht Management, Soil, and Siiv^ation of tht Plum Orchard. 2TT 



and another fact connected with this benefit is, that the fowls arc 

 stirring early, even before sunrise, and as the curculio drop to 

 the earth, the greedy chickens soon make a morning meal of them. 

 Following our directions in this respect, as to situation, will en- 

 sure a full crop of Plums, or, at least, as many as the trees should 

 bear consistent with health. 



Some have recommended the jjlanling of the Plum over water, 

 which has been tried with success, as the curculio falls in the 

 early part of the day into the water, and is drowned ; and the 

 only injury the fruit on these trees receive, is from the few stray 

 curculio that chance to light upon it during the day. 



Tlie Plum is not the only fruit that suffers from the onslaughts of 

 the curculio ; the Peach, the Nectarine, the Apple, the Cherry, are 

 all more or less subject to their attacks. All remedies that have 

 been presci'ibed to prevent the depredations of this insect have 

 failed. Such articles as lime-water, sulphur, and iron-hoops are 

 nseless. Mr. Matthews' celebrated curculio remedy seems to have 

 not been a certain one. 



We would respectfully ask Mr. Matthews to explain the modus 

 operandi " of his method," in the columns of " The Horticultu- 

 ral Keview." 



We close our article by giving a list of the varieties of Plums 

 worthy of cultivation in every orchard. We class upon our list 

 the Jefferson as the best and finest flavored Plum upon the whole 

 list. The next we place upon the list is the Columbia, Washing- 

 ton, Orange, Huliug's Superb, Coe's Golden Drop, Imperial Gage, 

 Green Gage, Frost Gage, McLaughlin, Bleeker's Gage, Lawrence's 

 Favorite, Schenectady, Catharine, Lombard, and Marten's Seed- 

 ling. 



There may be othej- varieties of Plmns worthy of cultivation 

 generally, but we have not seen them tested. 



[The McLaughlin is superior to the Jefferson in every respect 

 excepting size. The former being somewhat overrated as regards 

 flavor. To render the above list, recommended by our correspon- 

 dent, more perfect, we advise the omission of such varieties as 

 Columbia, Washington, Orange, and Bleeker's Gage, all of them 

 being more gratifying to the eye than the palate. — Editor.] 



