PEACHES — PLUMS. 



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the attacks of a special enemy that has well nigh ruined the 

 business of their culture as market fruits ; with the pear, it was 

 the " blight ; " with the plum, an insect, the Curculio. 



But just as a new race of pears has been found to resist the 

 " blight," so has there been found, for the South, especially, a 

 new race of plums, proof against GiircuUo. These are the sev- 

 eral varieties of the improved Chickasaw type, as follows : 



CUMBERLAND. 



Large, yellow, juicy, sweet, and very good. Matures in 

 September. 



DE CAEADENE. 



Medium, round, yellow, with brown red cheek ; juicy, sweet, 

 and of fine flavor ; a remarkably fine plum. Ripens early in 

 June. 



WILD GOOSE. 



Large, somewhat oblong ; bright vermillion red ; jnicy^ 

 sweet, good quality ; a cling-stone ; a very showy and fine 

 market fruit, and a prolific bearer ; the most profitable of all 

 the Chickasaw type. 



HATTIE. 



Medium, round, bright red ; very sw^eet, and of good qual- 

 ity. Follows the Wild Goose in maturity. 



Newman's. 



Medium, bright red, round; a cling-stone; quality good. 

 Ripens early in July. 



All of these plums named above should be picked as soon 

 as they commence to color, and ripened in the house, where, in 

 three days' time they will acquire a brilliant color. If left on 

 the tree too long the fruit drops, and never attains the quality 

 of that which is house-ripened. This gradual ripening allows 

 these varieties to carry perfectly to distant markets. 



PSACH-LEAVED, or KANAWHA. 



Medium, oblong, bright vermillion, juicy, fine flavored ; 

 quality very good. Ripens in September. Although it begins 



