Glen St. Mary Nurseries. 
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Abundance Plum (Yellow-Fleshed Botan). (See page 13.) 
Plum, much like Berckmans, kept from September iS to October i. J. H. Hale, of Connecticut, reports 
keeping batsuma two weeks in his office in good condition, and they were fairly ripe when picked.” 
1 he curculio is the chief drawback in Plum culture. It has been claimed that these Plums were not 
attacked by curculio, and some varieties have been advertised as curculio proof. This is erroneous ; all the 
varieties, so far as we know, are attacked ; yet, as a whole, they are not injured as badly as other types of 
Hums and some varieties are exceptionally free from attack. (See instructions for destroying curculio 
under the heading, Care and Management of Fruit Trees.”) ; 6 
n • i 1 i 1 -! e * rhes } ^. lums w e have are Japanese varieties, and the different kinds extend over a long season. In 
is latitude a judicious selection will furnish a succession of fine fruit from June to September. The suc¬ 
cession as to time of ripening cannot be given with certainty, as it differs to some extent in different sections 
and one variety varies in different seasons in the same section ; but in this respect these Plums do not differ 
irom most other fruits. 
B ? St V f‘ etles , f , or the Low ff r South. The varieties offered, as described below, embrace those which have 
A rl? ' eSpeCially the Lower South ’ some ‘hem being equally valuable farther north 
wm-^Hh , m °Ji P romi " m g. kinds wll ich are not so well known are also included. This season the new 
rb^nint ° ! le llSt ’ 3 ': arie, y which is attracting much attention on account of its earliness, 
ipem lg the earliest of all wherever it has been tested ; also the Red Nagate, a very earlvsort, which is being 
AbfnL P nc n ft K , the Sou ‘ h . west - In °ur own orchards, Burbank continues to give the best results, with 
Abundance and Kelsey next in order. 
The Burbank has fruited over a large section of the South, and is one of the most valuable varieties of 
the Japan type throughout the country. While the quality is superior, a thick and leathery skin protects the 
fruit from curculio. We have fruited it several years at Glen St. Mary, and very few fruits have been stung, 
nninM'n wTu fr ° m ln)u . ry ,. £rom ‘ h,s cause than any other variety tested. Its earliness is another 
L r , ii !h ‘,i e r n P indlcate ‘ hat “ not as early, relatively, in some other sections, here, one 
year with another, it is the first to ripen of what may be called the market varieties 
knoJn nf A t h Un T danCe 18 OD ^°? the ‘ ° f the J apans in this re g' on - Prof - Baile y sa y s: "It is the best 
from 1 L K J Pane f e V r iet ' eS u th n 6 ^° tth ’ and itS popu ' a rity is deserved.” Although it is not as free 
om injury by curculio here as the Burbank, it is less injured than many other varieties. E. S. Carman, 
