PLUMS 



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Some Plums can be raised successfully from seed, the Greengage 

 being one of these ; but they are usually budded or grafted on the wild 

 Plum stock. 



The curculio is the worst pest we have to deal with, and the only 

 way to fight this insect is to gather up all the fruit which falls pre- 

 maturely and burn it, as in these fallen fruit the larvae remain until 

 full grown, when they eat their way out and enter the ground, where 

 they change into the pupa state. The full grown beetle emerges in 

 about four weeks and hides under the bark of the tree or some other pro- 

 tection until Spring business opens up. 



Another insect which sometimes causes trouble is aphis. Spraying 

 with a nicotine solution will destroy this pest, or the tops of the young 

 infested growths can be cut off. 



Some of the very choicest Plums for eating are: 

 Oullin's Golden Gage. Large, delicious flavor. August. 

 Tr.\nsparent Gage. Very large, round, juicy and rich. July. 

 Greengage. Medium size, round, green, rich. August. 

 Goe's Golden Drop. Very large, golden yellow, rich flavor. September. 

 Victoria. Large, oval, red. Useful for every purpose. August. 

 Magnum Bonum. Large red. Good culinary variety. September. 



For culinary purposes: Abundance, Burbank, Red June, Sat- 

 suMA and Wicks on. 



loganberry 



A few plants of the Loganberry may be grown as a useful novelty. 

 The fruit has a very flat taste, but looks very pretty as a dessert, on the 

 table. There should be no reason why this easil y cultivated fruit, which 

 was raised by a Judge Logan in California, should not be tried in many 

 gardens. In England it has become a general favorite. Its treatment in 

 all respects is similar to that of the Raspberry. 



MELONS • See Vegetables, Chapter XV 

 QUINCE 



A few Quinces are desirable in the small garden, and a tree or two 

 will usually produce sufiicient fruit for the average family. Not being 

 an edible fruit, it is used only for canning purposes, and makes the 

 most delicious jelly, with a flavor all its own. 



In variety there is not much choice, but that known as Apple or 

 Orange produces large, roundish fruit, of a bright golden color, and is 

 very productive, even when quite small. 



They are best grown in bush form. 



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