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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 5, 
j Rural isms 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Good Year for Plums. —Plum trees 
generally came through the trying Winter 
in good condition. On the Rural 
Grounds some branches were killed on 
Wild Goose and Nimon, a cross between 
Wild Goose and Wayland. A Delaware 
(Japan hybrid) was killed to the ground, 
and most of the bloom buds on October 
Purple, Chaleo and Burbank’s First were 
so badly frozen that they failed to open. 
All other varieties of suitable age bloomed 
well and bore excellent crops. The be¬ 
havior this season of some kinds hitherto 
regarded of little value in our locality 
has given us a much better opinion of 
their possibilities. Chief among these are 
America and Ogon. The former has in 
five years grown into the. most shapely 
tree of its class on the grounds, and bore 
this season nearly a bushel of very hand¬ 
some plums, bright yellow flushed with 
pink. The quality, though not of the 
highest, was much better than last sea¬ 
son. When canned with a good per cent 
of sugar they make an attractive golden 
yellow preserve of very agreeable flavor. 
The ripe plums were good keepers, and 
very resistant to rot. Ogon is often re¬ 
garded as a shy bearer, but was loaded 
this year with large and perfect fruits. 
They ripened in late July and were much 
liked. The firm, dry flesh and smooth, 
free stone are almost unique among 
Japan varieties, and in some degree make 
vip for lack of higher qualtiy. The color 
Best-of-All ; The Munson Nurseries, 
Denison, Texas. A hybrid between Miner 
and Abundance. Fine, erect tree, with 
large leaves. Plums ripen late in Septem¬ 
ber medium in size, red, dotted with yel¬ 
low; flesh firm and of good, sprightly 
flavor. Inclined to bear early and ap¬ 
pears to be a sure cropper. 
Chabot (Japan) again bore a good 
crop of large plums little affected by rot; 
season, late August. We like, tree and 
fruit considered, Chabot best of all pure 
Japans yet tested. 
Chalco. —Burbank hybridized with 
Simon; tree tall and thrifty; shy bearer 
at six years from planting. Plums large, 
flat, dark red; solid yellow flesh nearly 
freestone; quality sweet and good. A 
finely flavored variety, desirable if suffi¬ 
ciently productive. Buds inclined to 
winter-kill. 
Climax. —Abundance x Simoni. This 
was claimed as one of the most valu¬ 
able of Luther Burbank’s hybrids and 
undoubtedly succeds well on the Pacific 
Coast. Here the tree is a weak and 
crooked grower. Extra care fails to put 
backbone in it. Probably the trees will 
not live long in the East, even under 
best conditions. Fruits extra large, dark 
red, ripen early in August and resist rot 
well. Quality very good, but not highest. 
Flesh firm, yellow in color; nearly a free¬ 
stone. 
Gonzales. —Of Texas origin and sup¬ 
posed to be the product of a Japan and 
native cross. Fine, vigorous, spreading 
grower. Plums large and round, bright, 
deep red; flesh meaty and quite firm, 
light mottled red in color, sweet and re¬ 
freshing; clingstone, not much affected by 
rot. Season, late August. This appears 
to us a useful plum. 
SULTAN PLUMS ON YOUNG TREE. Fig. 361. 
are large, nearly round, dark red, with 
blue bloom. Flesh solid, meaty, dark red, 
with red juice, sweet and of fair quality. 
It is tolerable for eating and in our opin¬ 
ion a better plum than Burbank for can¬ 
ning. Little troubled by rot. Season 
mid-August. The tree is a sturdy, 
spreading, but not rapid grower. 
Spaulding. —Domestica. Of the Green 
Gage type, strong growing, upright and 
productive. Plums medium size, yellow, 
freestone. Quality sweet, sugary and 
juicy. About the best flavored plum in 
our collection. Season early August. 
Splendor Prune. —Originated by Bur¬ 
bank, and popular on the Pacific Coast. 
Fair grower, with thick sturdy limbs. 
Fruit quite large, color red purple, with 
light yellow rather coarse flesh; free¬ 
stone; flavor sweet and pleasant. Hangs 
well on the tree and resists rot fairly 
well. Ripens in August. 
Grand Duke. —Domestica. A slow 
growing tree with open, spreading 
branches. Fruits large, dark blue, free¬ 
stone. Flesh yellow and firm; quality 
very good. The fruits on our young trees 
were much injured by rot. 
Waugh. —From J. W. Kerr, Denton, 
Md.—Hybrid between Chabot and Way- 
land (Primus hortulana). An illustra¬ 
tion and brief description of this most 
promising plum appears on page 658, R. 
N.-Y. for Sept. 27, 1902. Our tree, three 
years planted, has made phenomenal 
growth, but has not yet fruited. The 
branches are spreading and willowy; fol¬ 
iage very bright and healthy. Some fruits 
were borne, however, on two-year grafts 
in top of a Wild Goose tree. They rip¬ 
ened late in September, and were much 
larger than the figure referred to, running 
between five and six inches in circum¬ 
ference; dark purple in color; flesh firm, 
light yellow, clinging slightly to the stone. 
Quality sweet and refreshing when fully 
ripe. Hangs well to the tree and ripens 
perfectly when picked a week before ma¬ 
turity. Sets in clusters of three to five 
and appears to resist rot as well as Cha- 
bot; the best of the Japans. A most 
promising plum, likely to prove valuable 
for market as well as home use. 
Satsuma, of the strain generally propa¬ 
gated by our nurseries, has been dis¬ 
carded, but an imported tree under the 
Japanese name of Yone-momo bore a fine 
crop of extra large fruits that hung on 
until Sept. 20. Useful for canning, but 
too acid for eating in the fresh state. 
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is yellow; tree a moderate upright grower, 
with yellowish foliage. 
Abundance and Burbank were loaded 
to the breaking point, but most of the 
young plums were destroyed by the brown 
rot or Monilia fungus, even where spray¬ 
ed in Spring with the potassium sulphide 
-lime solution and the fruits well thin¬ 
ned when small. Abundance trees do not 
seem inclined to live long in this locality, 
and the fruits fall off in quality after the 
first two crops. To our taste it is best 
in flavor of all the Japans. Burbank is 
vigorous in tree, but its trick of over¬ 
loading and susceptibility to rot, together 
with its poor eating quality justify us in 
discarding it. 
Ames, from the Iowa Experiment sta¬ 
tion, is a hybrid between a Japan and an 
Americana variety. There is little trace in 
tree or fruit of the Oriental plum blood. 
The plum is of medium size, dark red 
with profuse yellow dots. The flesh is 
yellow and firm, sweet and good; stone 
large, cling, skin thick and tough with 
little astringency. The tree is healthy 
but only a moderate grower. 
Bartlett, a Burbank hybrid, combin¬ 
ing the Japan and Chinese plums (Primus 
triflora x P. Simoni). The tree is high¬ 
ly ornamental, growing compact and up¬ 
right like a Lombardy poplar. The foli 
age is dark, glossy and holds on until 
after hard frosts. It grows here much 
better on peach than plum stocks. The 
fruit is moderate in size, rather pointed 
oval in form, dark red with yellow shad¬ 
ings. The flesh is soft and of a most pe¬ 
culiar but agreeable flavor, much resem¬ 
bling that of the Bartlett pear, thus jus¬ 
tifying the name. Our trees are not pro¬ 
ductive five years after planting and we 
hope they will do better in the future; 
season, mid August. 
Nellie Blanche. —From H. A. Terry, 
Crescent, Iowa. Apparently pure Ameri¬ 
cana. Tree upright and very vigorous; 
has twice borne within four years from 
planting. Fruit large, long, mottled, dark 
red and yellow. Does not rot nor crack. 
Flesh firm, yellow, sweet and richly fla¬ 
vored. Season, middle of September. 
Red June. —The most profitable Japan 
plum grown hereabout. Plums large, 
dark red, early and of favorable quality. 
Tree a spreading and rather irregular 
grower. Not reliably prolific, but occa¬ 
sionally bears a good crop. Sells well 
because of its early season. 
Shtro. —The best of Luther Burbank’s 
hybrids for our purposes. Tree vigorous 
and rapid in growth, bears early and is 
extremely productive. Fruits very large, 
bright yellow, sweet, juicy and highly 
flavored, rather too much affected by rot. 
Season early August. This is one of the 
best for home use and we think would be 
acceptable in any market not strongly 
prejudiced against yellow plums. As 
grown here Shiros are equal to the finest 
California grown plums in appearance 
and 1,000 per cent better in quality. 
Sultan (Occident of Waugh).—Fig. 
861 shows a portion of a bearing tree, 
five years planted, of this hybrid Japan, 
originated by Burbank. The fruits on 
this tree were thinned by hand in June, 
but the photograph, taken as they were 
coloring, plainly shows we had not the 
nerve to do the work with sufficient thor¬ 
oughness. However, we picked off more 
little plums than remained, and enabled 
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the tree, and plums ripened, attached to 
the trunk, 10 inches from the ground. 
The stout, short stems enable the plums 
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