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with them to assure setting of the fruit. Of the 

 Europeans, use Reine Claude (the best), Brad- 

 shaw or Shropshire. Damson is also good. The 

 Japanese varieties should go on high ground and 

 be thinned, especially during their first years. My 

 first experience with Japanese plums convinced me 

 that I had solved the plum problem ; they bore loads 

 of fruit, and were free from disease. That was five 

 years ago. Last spring the last one was cut and 

 burned. Had they been planted at the top of a 

 small hill, instead of at the bottom, as they were, 

 and restricted in their bearing, I know from later 

 experience that they would still be producing fruit. 

 The most satisfactory varieties of the Japanese type 

 are Abundance and Red June. Burbank is also 

 highly recommended. 



CHERRIES 



Cherries have one advantage over the other fruits 

 — they give quicker returns. But, as far as my ex- 

 perience goes, they are not as long-lived. The sour 

 type is hardier, at least north of New Jersey, than 

 the sweet. It will probably pay to try a few of the 

 new and highly recommended varieties. Of the 

 established sorts Early Richmond is a good early, 

 to be followed by Montmorency and English 

 Morello, 



