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FRUIT TREES. 



well trained as an espalier. In the list those marked 

 with an asterisk do best on a wall, the rest are 

 standards. 



Names of Plums fob 

 Dessert. 



*July Green Gage. 

 Peach. 



^Perdrigon Violet. 



Hâtive. 



* Green Gage. 



*Purple Gage. 



*Jefferson» 



Kirke's. 



*Coe's Golden Drop. 

 *Peine-Claude de Ba- 



vay. 

 Coe's Late Eed. 

 Cooper's Large. 

 Late Orleans. 



Names of Plums for 

 Cooking. 



Early Orleans. 

 Mrs. Gisbom's. 

 Goliath. 



Prince of Wales. 



Victoria. 



*Diamond. 



For Preserving. 

 Green Gage. 

 *White Magnum Bo- 



num. 

 Washington. 

 Wine Sour. 

 Damson. 

 * Diamond. 

 Autumn Compote. 



Pluîis for Walls. 



July Green Gage. 

 Coe's Golden Drop. 

 Green Gage. 

 Purple Gage. 

 Italian Quetsche. 

 Blue Imperative. 

 Ickworth Imperative. 



Plums for Standards. 



Early Prolific. 

 Early Orleans. 

 Orleans. 



Prince of Wales. 

 Victoria. 

 Pond's SeedKng. 



(Very good.) 

 Coe's Late Red. 

 Damson. 



TRAINING AND PRUNING. 



The plnm is cultivated either in tlie garden or 

 orcliard. It is usual to plant in gardens as standards, 

 not as espaliers, but this is a mistake ; espaliers produce 

 a better quality of fruit than standards. The best 

 forms for standards are the pyramid and contra double 

 espalier in vertical cordon ; and for espaliers, the Yerrier 

 palmetto, simple oblique cordon, and vertical cordon. 

 For trees planted in the orchard the tall standard form 

 is the best. We proceed to inquire what treatment 

 îthese four forms of the plum require. 



