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CHERRIES AND PLUMS 



Location and Exposure. — Plums, like peaches, should be grown 

 on the northern and eastern slopes to help retard the blossoming 

 season and prevent danger from late spring frosts. If such exposure 

 cannot be secured for the plum orchard it should at least be planted 

 where there is good air drainage, so that the cold air on frosty 

 nights in the spring will not kill the pistils of the blossoms at the 

 critical time. 



Types and Varieties. — Three main types of plums grown in 

 cultivation are (1) the Japanese group, including Burbank, Abun- 

 dance, Satsuma and many others. This group is abundantly 

 grown in California as well as in all other sections of the country. 



(2) The domestica, or European plums, are represented by 



Fig. 157. — Miner variety of American plum. A good red fruit, and the variety is used as 

 stocks for American plums. (Iowa Station.) 



Lombard, Bradshaw, Yellow Egg, Green gage, Rheine Claud, 

 Quackenboss and many others. Prunes and Damsons belong in 

 this group. This group of plums is more popular in the northern 

 and eastern plum growing sections than in any others. 



(3) Plums of the American type are natives of America. They 

 include the common wild plums and the improved varietal forms of 

 several species. In this group are usually grown such varieties as 

 Wild Goose, Wayland, Miner (Fig. 157), Golden Beauty (Fig. 

 158) , Newman, Moreman, Lone Star, Caddo Chief, Milton (Fig. 159) 

 and many others. 



The Apricot or Simon plum is so distinct in character that it is 

 often not classified as a plum at all. It is widely distributed 



