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Horticultural Short Cuts 
Plums and Prunes Again 
There was a short article in a recent 
issue of The R. N.-Y. in which you spoke 
of prunes growing in the Hudson Val¬ 
ley. This was news to me, for I always 
supposed that prunes grew only in warm 
climates. I am interested in this, for I 
have two young prune trees growing in 
my flower bed and I should like to know 
more of their culture. m. w. 
New Brunswick, N. J. 
All prunes are plums, just as game is 
meat. Game is a particular kind of 
meat, and in somewhat the same way 
prunes are particular kinds of plums. 
.Pacific, Tennant, and Agen are just as 
much prunes as are the German and 
Italian Prunes. The reason why folks 
usually associate prunes with warmer 
or drier climates is because most of the 
drying is done in those sections, and the 
name “prune” has been given to any 
plum that will dry for commercial pur¬ 
poses. 
Of course, then, the culture of plums 
and prunes becomes identical, and there 
ia no need of further discussion. 
H. B. T. 
The . South Haven and 
Rochester Peaches 
Can you give me a description of the 
Rochester and South Haven peaches, 
where they originated, time of ripening, 
comparison with other varieties, hardi¬ 
ness, and so forth? j. b. w. 
Union, Ore. 
The South Haven and the Rochester 
peaches are both relatively new varieties, 
the former more so than the latter. It 
is said that the Rochester originated 
near Rochester, N. Y„ on a farm owned 
by Mr. Wallen. The seed was planted 
about 1900, and the variety was intro¬ 
duced in 1912. The South Haven is 
said to be the sole survivor of a l^rge 
block of nursery stock grown in Michi¬ 
gan. The other trees were winter-killed 
while this one, which it is presumed was 
a bud variation, grew. It was introduced 
in 1918. 
From its origin South Haven is sup¬ 
posed to be very hardy both in wood and 
bud. It is a yellow-flesh peach, attrac¬ 
tive, of good quality, and ripening from 
two to three weeks before Elberta. It 
comes about with Yellow St. John or a 
trifle later. The Michigan growers es¬ 
pecially desire a variety that ripens be¬ 
fore Elbertas, because the Chicago mar¬ 
ket pays a premium for peaches at just 
that time. Consequently the South Ha¬ 
ven peach is being received with great 
favor in the home of its origin. 
•The Rochester peach has been receiv¬ 
ing consideration in eastern sections for 
some time for very much the same rea¬ 
sons. It is a rich, attractive yellow in 
color, beautifully marked with red, and 
the flesh is likewise appealing. It be¬ 
longs to the Crawford group and carries 
the high quality characteristic of those 
varieties, though in shape it is a bit more 
blocky. It ripens several days earlier 
than Early Crawford, and some claim 
that it is two weeks earlier. We have 
never seen the South Haven and the 
Rochester growing side by side, but from 
what we understand they are of about the 
same season, with any advantage lying 
with Rochester, though even this appar¬ 
ent advantage may disappear with the 
realization that Rochester ripens over a 
long season. h. b. ttjkey. 
Propagating Privet 
I have a quicker and easier way of 
propagating California privet than that 
which you recommend to J. Y., Wood- 
bridge, *N. Y. I passed many years at 
a seaside resort in Southern New Jer¬ 
sey, where we raised the privet in sand 
mixed with a little dirt. When I came 
up here (Westchester County) I cut off 
new growth of privet, from 1 ft. to 18 
in. long, and stuck it in the ground any 
time between April and October. That 
was last year. The hot and dry days 
killed some of the clippings, but fully 
three-fourths took root and grew nicely. 
The rest I replanted with similar clip¬ 
pings and I now have just 240 ft. of 
young California privet, growing nice¬ 
ly, without any of your “tying in bundles 
and burying in the ground over Winter 
or in a cold cellar.” My advice to J. L., 
acquired by experience, is, cut as many 
young shoots as he may wish next Spring, 
do not take off any of the foliage, stick 
in the ground exactly where he wishes 
them to remain, about 6 in. apart and 6 
in. deep, don’t bother about watering 
and await results during the Summer. 
When the hot days come, and any of the 
clippings are found sickly, cut off more 
new growth and stick in the ground. 
They will be well rooted by October. 
Next Summer I shall have 240 ft. of 
voung hedge, as good as any in New 
York State. A. m. h. 
Ossining, N. Y. 
R. N.-Y.—J. L.’s inquiry related to 
cuttings of the wood which he could se¬ 
cure in Fall, not to green clippings. It 
is, as A. M. II. says, very easy to grow 
the privet from these green, cuttings 
w'hen they are procurable, and when it 
is convenient to plant in this w r ay. 
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