72 FRUIT TREES IN POTS [ch. 



Plums. — All the leading dessert plums are 

 suitable for pot culture, especially the " gages," 

 and the three best are Early Transparent, Golden 

 Transparent, and Late Transparent. There are 

 also some excellent kitchen plums which are well 

 adapted for pot cultvire. Their names are as 

 follows : — ■ 



Victoria. Early Rivers. 



Belle de Louvain. Late Prolific. 



Pond's Seedling. President. 



Yellow Magnum Bonuin. Primate. 

 White Magnum Bonum. 



Cheriiies are an excellent fruit, and will hang 

 on the trees for a long time after the fruit is ripe. 

 There are various stages when the cherries benefit 

 by some kind of shading. The best kind of shad- 

 ing is a roller blind of thin material, similar to that 

 which is generally used for greenhouses. The 

 advantage of this is that it can be let down or 

 rolled up at option, whereas, if whiting, flour, or 

 similar shading is used, it must remain on the glass 

 whether the weather is sunny or dull. This will 

 probably cause the fruit to be wanting in colour 

 and flavour. The first stage where I would recom- 

 mend shading is when the fruit is setting and 

 the weather is very bright and warm ; secondly, 

 when the fruit is stoning ; thirdly, when the fruit 



