Bui. 1477, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate 19 
H 
Growth and Fruiting Habits of the Diamond Plum in Relation to 
Pruning and to Soil and Other Conditions. — 1 
A. — A 15-year-old tree before pruning, growing in fertile irrigated soil. Many new shoots are 
headed back in winter and some branches removed to admit light. Note the numer- 
ous fruiting branches and twigs 
B. — A slender fruiting branch showing growth of both fruit and spurs'or twigs at nodes of 
1-year-old wood 
C— Several 16-year-old Diamond plum grafts top-worked on apricot, after pruning. The soil 
is deep and fertile but not irrigated. Severe heading back of the new wood and thin- 
ning out of branches has been necessary to insure regular production and large fruit. 
(Vacaville, Calif.) 
