PLUMS. 



more natural character : they are at all times unsightly, 

 and never productive of fruit. 



Plums against Walls. 



The wall tree may, in all cases, be considered as an 

 espalier, having the wall for its support, without any 

 reference to its influence in the ripening of its fruit, 

 hence the term espalier is applied by the French, not 

 as by us, but " to a tree fixed against a wall in the 

 form of a fan ; " to this we are indebted, probably, for 

 our method of fan-training, as it is now applied to the 

 Peach, the Nectarine, the Apricot, and the Morello 

 Cherry. Plums, when trained against the wall, require 

 the same management as our English espalier,' the same 

 horizontal method of training being pursued. 



When Plum trees have been neglected for a length of 

 time, and their spurs become long, naked, and unpro- 

 ductive, the latter may, if the trees are sound, be re- 

 moved by the same method as directed for the Pear; 

 that of heading them down. 



When the young shoots are long enough to be nailed 

 to the wall, two of the strongest and best placed from 

 each shortened limb must be selected and trained as be- 

 fore, till the next winter pruning, when the best of the 

 two must be selected and continued at its full length, 

 cutting the other away. 



The spurs must be managed also as directed for th 

 espalier, and in other respects the treatment must be the 

 same. 



INDEX TO THE PLUMS. 



Abricotee - - 43 Apricot * . ., ; - 43 



Abricotee de Tours - 43 Azure Hative - - 1 



Abricot-Vert - 10 Black Damascus 6 



Amber Primordian - 49 Black Damask - - 6 



