THE COUNTRY HOME [CHAPTER 
The tree does not grow so shapely as some. and if 
left alone. sends up innumerable suckers. On this 
account you will find that the Bleecker is short-lived. 
and needs very frequent replanting. However, 
you can get so many small trees for your replant- 
ing that it will cause vou little trouble to always 
have enough Bleecker trees. while the small trees 
will begin to bear at three vears of age. The mar- 
ket call for plums is first for Bleeckers, and after 
that for Shropshire Damson and Green Gage. The 
plum is. par excellence, the fruit for preserves, for 
jam, for puddings: and no country home can com- 
fortably begin its career without a few plum trees. 
Meanwhile, vou cannot afford to wholly overlook 
the prunes — which are only a sort of plum. Among 
the best sorts are Fellenberg 
g, Sugar, Pacific, and 
Giant — say one of each. 
A select list of pears. affording a good succession 
from July to April. would be. for early summer. 
Margaret. Tyson. Clapp’s Favorite, Bartlett: for 
autumn, Flemish Beauty. Onondaga, Seckel, Shel- 
don; for early winter, Anjou, Danas Hovey. Law- 
rence, Nelis: for later winter use — to be kept like 
winter apples — Josephine. Patrick Barry. Col. Wil- 
der, and Oliver DeSerres. There are so many 
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