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•drifting sand among the pine stumps on our lake shore. Prepare the .land 

 just the same as you would for any other large orchard fruits for planting. 

 Pulverize the soil thoroughly and keep it in a good state of fertility. Plant 

 the trees from eighteen to twenty feet apart, and give them a good and 

 thorough cultivation each season. In bearing orchards, plow the ground in 

 the fall or spring each season, being careful not to break any large roots 

 Cultivate with a spring tooth cultivator or harrow, early in the season, as 

 then is the time that plum growth is made. A bearing orchard requires 

 more cultivation in a dry season, than a young one. As to suitable varieties 

 for orchard planting, I would say that there are a great many varieties of 

 plums grown in our section of country — perhaps fifty or more different 

 varieties in all. Man}^ of these varieties are in bearing for which the growers 

 have no correct name, and quite a number of these unknown varieties 

 are large, fine and beautiful plums to grow for market. To select a standard 

 list for orchard planting I should choose the following varieties, named 

 in the order of ripening: — Washington, Bradshaw, Duane's Purple, Prince 

 Engelbert, Union Purple, Lombard, Genii, Quackenbos, Purple Egg, Coe's 

 •Golden Drop, Reine Claude, Shropshire. 



"Of new varieties the Genii and Shipper's Pride appear to be promising, 

 both being medium to large, fruit a dark purple with heavy bloom, having 

 •excellent shipping qualities, and immensely productive. Also the Field for 

 ■early and Stanton for late are prolific, and very promising new plums. The 

 Japanese plums are also on trial, and have fruited some. The Botan seems 

 ito be the most promising. This is quite hardy, very early bearer, and seems 

 to be productive, with the exception of wet or cold seasons. During those 

 ninfavorable seasons, the blossoms seems to blast, or else do not fertilize 

 properly, as it does not bear much fruit in such seasons. The fruit is early, 

 Jarge and beautiful color, and of a fine flavor. There are also many other 

 mew varieties on trial which have not fruiteti as yet, such as Moore's Arctic, 

 Naples, Marianna, Victoria, Hudson Egg, Niagara, etc." 



