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varieties I raise are Moore's Arctic, Lombard, 

 Shipper's Pride, Niagara, and Imperial Gage. 

 There are many other good varieties, some very 

 good eating plums, but the trees are tender and do 

 not stand our cold winters. The Burbank is a fine 

 plum and a good growing tree, but the fruit buds 

 are tender and winterkill. The Abundance is an- 

 other fine plum, but the tree grows so late in the 

 fall the wood does not harden and get ripe. I 

 should not advise people to set it here in Maine." 



PLUMS FOR THE CENTRAL STATES 



According to Prof. F. H. Ballou, " European 

 varieties of plums succeed well in all parts of Ohio 

 and stand alone in their general 

 excellence for culinary purposes. 

 The following list covers the en- 

 tire season of nearly eight weeks, 

 during which there need be no 

 break in the succession of deli- 

 cious plums for table use or for 

 market : Clyman, Czar, Lincoln, 

 Bradshaw, Field, Imperial Gage, 

 Spaulding and Missouri Green 

 Gage, Lombard, Empire, Miller, 

 Bavay (Reine Claude), Monarch, 

 Archduke, Golden Drop, and Grand 

 Duke. 



" No other class of plums ap- 

 proaches the fine varieties of 

 Europeans for firmness of flesh, richness, mild- 

 ness, and delicate flavor for culinary pur- 

 poses, but this same firmness of flesh and richness 

 of quality soon cloys the appetite for these fruits 

 in their fresh state. Not so with the finer varieties 



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