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The Indian who aimed his arrow straight and true al- 

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A Plum Tree that Paid its Board 



IN the fall of 1904 I bought six plum trees 

 to plant in my chicken yards. They were 

 assorted varieties and one of them was the Japanese 

 Abundance plum, a variety with which I had no 

 previous experience. The trees cost me sixty cents 

 each. It was my custom in cleaning out the chicken 

 houses to throw the sweepings, a mixture of chicken 

 droppings, lime and ashes around the base of the 

 trees. I used the lime and ashes in the coops merely 

 for sanitary purposes. 



The trees were thus highly fertilized and made 

 wonderful growth. The third year after they were 

 planted, I picked 32 quarts of plums from the 



This Japanese Abundance plum tree cost sixty 

 cents and bore three dollars' worth of fruit when 

 three years old 



Japanese Abundance tree which I sold for 10 cents 

 a quart to the local grocer. I thus obtained $3.20 

 for the crop from a tree that cost me but sixty cents. 

 The next year the same tree bore about five quarts 

 of plums and this year about twenty. The other 

 trees have not done well and have never borne 

 good crops. 



I have never been quite sure why this one tree 

 proved to be so prolific, but I am convinced that 

 the variety had a great deal to do with it. I own 

 about ten acres of land similar to that on which this 

 tree grew and if I could feel sure of duplicating my 

 success with it, I should surely go into plum culture 

 on a large scale. By planting the trees 15 feet 

 apart each way I could plant 2,000 trees on my ten 

 acres and if they would yield but half the average 

 of my one tree for the past three years, which has 

 been 16 quarts per year, or $1.60 per tree I would 

 have half of a gross income of $3,200 — certainly 

 sufficient for my modest needs. Can I do it? 



New Jersey- Henry Rupp. 



Management of Dwarf Pears 



DWARF pears, all of which should be trained 

 with very low stems, must be planted in rich 

 soil, well fertilized and set ten to twelve feet apart. 

 For many years during the life of Mr. Charles Down- 

 ing, the celebrated pomologist and author, I made 

 an annual pilgrimage to Newburg, N. Y., his home, 

 to receive his friendly and valuable teachings. It 

 was noticed that the surface of the ground in the 

 dwarf pear orchard was covered with straw or refuse 

 hay, and no care or cultivation given, as no weeds 

 appeared. This covering was renewed, or added to, 

 every two or three years. The crop of fruit was 

 regularly abundant. 



While this may have been perfectly satisfactory 

 in that locality, other pear growers hold that the 

 soil should be highly fertilized and surface lightly 

 cultivated during the growing season, repeating this 

 every year. 



I do not presume to say which of these plans is the 

 better, but experience tends toward moderate fer- 

 tilization with potash and phosphates and shallow 

 summer cultivation, and no ammoniacal manure. 



Georgia. P. J. B. 



