Plums. 
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editor of The Rural Nezu- } orker , says : “ The Abundance Plum at the Rural grounds is a sight to behold. 
The branches are wreaths 
of fruit, and they, as well 
as the tree itself, are held 
up by props and ropes. 
Some of the Plums are 
beginning to color ; all are 
of good size, and, though 
the old marks of the curcu- 
lio sting are engraved upon 
most of them, no injury 
seems as yet to have re¬ 
sulted. For twenty years, 
off and on, 'The Rural New- 
Yorker has tried so-called 
■curculio proof Plums. We 
have never used insecti¬ 
cides nor jarred the trees 
to destroy them, and we 
have never before had a 
crop of Plums. Plums are 
not raised in the vicinity, 
simply because people are 
not willing to put them¬ 
selves to the trouble of jar¬ 
ring the trees, and they 
know from experience that 
they cannot raise Plums 
without doing so. Now 
here we have the Abun¬ 
dance loaded down with 
beautiful fruit, while not a 
precaution has been taken to destroy the curculio. Blessed be the Abundance ! It is well named." 
The success that has attended the planting of the Kelsey during the past few years throughout many 
portions of the South has been brought into such prominence that its merits no longer need extended notice. 
We have grown the enormous number of 476 of these fruits on a single 3-year-old tree. We have grown 
many specimens that would measure from 8 to 8 % inches in circumference, weighing from 5 to 5^ ounces 
each. It comes into bearing when very young, and is enormously productive. It possesses superior 
shipping qualities, as the fruit is firm and meaty, and will easily keep in good condition from one to two 
weeks after reaching maturity. 
Time of Ripening. While, as above stated, it is impossible to lay down any definite rule as to time of 
ripening the following list, giving approximately the succession for this latitude, may be of service : Willard, 
two weeks ahead of Ogon, according to Prof. Bailey; Ogon, middle of June; Red Nagate, with Ogon, 
according to Prof. Bailey; Burbank, in June, at Glen St. Mary ; Long Fruit, June 20 to July 1 ; Berckmans 
(Sweet Botan), June 20 to July 5 ; Normand, after Berckmans, according to J L. Normand ; Abundance 
(Yellow-Fleshed Botan), June 25 to July 5, at Glen St. Mary; Yellow Japan, early in July; Bailey, just 
ahead of Satsuma, according to J. L. Normand; Satsuma. early in July; Babcock (Botankio), middle of 
July ; Chabot, July 20 to August 1; Kelsev, last of July, at Glen St. Mary, and continues several weeks Of 
the foregoing, Abundance, Burbank, Chabot, Ogon, Satsuma and Willard are known to be hardy as far North 
as the Plum regions of New York. 
Berckmans Plum (Sweet Botan). 
Abundance. (Yellozu-Fleshed Botan .) Fruit 
large, round, with pointed apex ; skin rich, yellow 
ground, overlaid with dots and splashes of purplish 
carmine and a darker cheek ; flesh deep yellow, juicy 
and sweet, with a touch of subacid and slight apricot 
flavor; cling; quality best; pit small. June 25 to 
July 5. A strong-growing, upright tree, and very pro¬ 
lific. The fruit should be thinned to get the best 
results. (See cut, page 12.) 
Babcock. (Botankio.) Fruit large, round, coni¬ 
cal ; skin yellow, overlaid with purplish red and blue 
bloom, rather thick; flesh deep orange, solid, sugary, 
subacid, good flavor and qunlitv ; cling. Middle of 
July. Tree vigorous and prolific. 
Bailey. We quote the description of Prof. Bailey, 
after whom it was named: “Fruit large, nearly globu¬ 
lar, with only a slight tendency to become conical ; 
skin, ground color rich orange, overspread with light 
and bright cherry-red, and showing many minute 
orange dots; flesh thick and melting, yellow, of ex¬ 
cellent quality ; cling. Early in July. Tree strong 
and upright, productive. Closely related to Bur¬ 
bank, but rounder and mostly larger, and a week or 
more later. ” 
Berckmans. (Szucel Botan.) Fruit medium to 
large, nearly round (“broadly and obtusely conical 
and somewhat angular in cross-section." — Bailey) ; 
skin green, nearly or quite covered with dull purple 
