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their wood thinned out occasionally while they are young. 
The hardy kinds grown in this way are very productive, 
and in some places in the north of England their produca 
forms a considerable article of food for several weeks, 
and also an article of commerce, particularly the wine- 
sour, which is in great request for preserves.” It is 
matter of regret that this branch of fruit culture has not 
as yet, met with due attention in Scotland. 
The crops of this fruit are greatly limited in the United 
States by the destruction of the young fruit effected by 
worms hatched from eggs deposited in what are called the 
stings of the Curculio. This insect has been described by 
Dr. Harris, the celebrated entomologist of Massachusetts, 
whose account of it, together with the best modes of pro- 
tection from its destructive attacks, are all treated of at 
much length in the Farmer’s and Planter’s Encyclopedia, 
under the heads of Curculio and Plum-Tree Weevil. One 
of the best preventives is to have the trees paved around, 
or planted in yards and places where fowls and pigs com- 
monly range. 
The list of plums adopted as of the first quality, at the 
National Convention of Fruit-growers, at their meeting 
in 1854, is as follows :— 
Jefferson, Green-Gage, Washington, Purple Favorite, 
Blecker’s Gage, Coe’s Golden Drop, Frost Gage, Lawrence 
Favorite, Mc’Laughlin, Purple Gage, Reine Claude de 
Bavay, Sinith’s Orleans; and, for particular localities, the 
Imperial Gage. To this list of fruit of well-established 
reputation, the same body subsequently added as giving 
promise of being worthy a place in the catalogue, River’s 
Favorite, St. Martin’s Quetsche, Ive’s Washington Seedling, 
Munroe Hgg, and Prince’s Yellow Gage. 
