450 Report or THE HortTicULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE 
PLUMS. 
Early Bloomers. Late Bloomers. 
Abundance Belle de September 
Burbank , Damson Freestone 
Climax De Soto 
Diamond forest Garden 
Duane Purple German Prune 
Field Golden Beauty 
Georgeson Hungarian Prune 
Goliath Milton 
Normand Minnesota 
October Purple Pond Seedling 
White Kelsey Pottawattamie 
Wickson Wild Goose 
Wolf 
Wyant 
It is probable that early blooming varieties are not nearly so 
well cross-pollinated as the late blooming sorts; for there are 
always many blossoms on the early blooming sorts appearing late 
and until the late blooming kinds are in full bloom; and it is likely 
that pollen carried by insects maintains its viability for a consider- 
able length of time making it available for the cross-pollination of 
the late blooming varieties. These factors, together with the fact 
that the weather is usually more propitious for the late blooming 
fruits, put the early flowering sorts at a great disadvantage in the 
matter of cross-pollination. 
In Vable VIII, giving blooming dates, the blooming-time of each 
variety is represented by a starred line following the name, each 
star representing a date. ‘The first starred date represents the aver- 
age date, for the number of observations given, of the first open 
blossoms. ‘The starred line is extended two days beyond full bloom, 
this length of time being quite sufficient under average conditions 
to insure pollination. The varieties are arranged in order of their 
blooming. This arrangement of the blooming dates is adapted 
from Bulletin 6, Vol. XIII, of the Virginia Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station, by H. L. Price. 
At the first glance it will be noted that the number of observa- 
tions for the varieties of the several fruits differs. When the num- 
bers are the same the years may have been different. This fact 
prevents an exact arrangement of the varieties in order of their 
