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Show PLUM CULTURE fJOT DIFFICULT 1 ' r A re t e HjrJia! of Stone Frui't ii.il thu Mr.it (-rof.tjr.le Alto Moat ern une ra t. e. I'l.n.i Hi'- II..- Ii,,r'li--r of -ton li'iii i iimi II, i run i... une of tl,,- n.o.-i n i,. r,itiv,', i, at all fan.ral,.,- -'-i'Of! i rioiii :ji.irl..-t Kunl'-iis am rul- . iliil HI I ),,,;-, J i In (,1-Hu.ti; mUitr I.kiiih.-i.Ih lh.5 frolin of all tin; Li-ht v.i. !i ii nr.- nun h v.il.i. 1 anil I. 'l.tily tl.ivniwi i,n,n liiwc i li v a I II a l.ln I'n -in.k.i. ami ,n-.-rui.j Th i-rop I'., rh.-i.-for, on.- or It,,, ,,,,,,t 1 in -,uriiul lioih for in.uk.t ami for pri villi- loii'iiiiiiirion I'loni in n mi, . -i-.-il In nnv fairly r '!. Iiwimv noiI, pn.v n.-i tin: mib '"'i I" op.'in il 1. m I ,ron-fly draini-'l 'III.- Kiounil 1,1,1, 1,1,1 fo ir.-nih.Ml i iiiu.'i in il, ii. i ini", alilioiiKh tlif loiiii of (,l,,i,iji an- naturally ili.-jort.-il '"'.'-I' to lln. miiiI'hi- than thiMt; of ;i,il.i or ,i-a,H In a v.-ry rich Moil I:,.- kiowiIim iiMuullv tiiaili- aro too v1k-i v1k-i .o iii-. to ti' ionif w.-ll rii-iii-d; in that v.ii.rh i.( ll.i .it. Titt. ly liKht, yet BUf-f BUf-f r ( -1 -1 j : I vJ uioimi. Hi.- tri-i s Hticr.'. il and 1 1 n . 1 1 1 1 . - ii,,. t,. st llavur.'il iniiiH lio-i-"'''i'-! II i ', o !'. liowi'vi-r, ninih iln-I- '! "" l If anionnt of aunnlium and II, 'llt It V i l;:l,li- , In iiiiiil t j'.wil' n-i wlo ri- jduniH are r-Mi'i!.., i ,.iy fiutn, lln-y a re Honntimi'K I'lniiii-.l in lini'.i. and tin; iiuervenlriK .:iri's an- i,('i'ii,i,il with nooHobi'rri.'H i'l-.d ciirraiilM. Standards mid half m in,.!. i I'd:, itri' Ki'iii'i itlly favori-d. but d'A.irf iniil biiMli irt'i'rt an. also i'X-t i'X-t 1 1 m i . I - I'lani.'d In itiii r ki t .in well a i in iTivntt. Kardi-ns. All tin. finer ilrM'i.'i t sort:i uliiiuld. if possible, be favored v.iih wjill spaceH in private ) MileiiH. as llieir fruits an' Invariably of so ir.iii'li Inii'Oit.inei'. and tho crop K more rertain with the protection o'' a wall than when the trees are fully i m sed. A temporary coverini;. while I lie blosHiniis are oien, may also be !' iidily applied tihould frost or tin la voiable weather prevail. In a south in slope the fruits attain their high cut flavor. The manner of planting the tree is i Muiiar to that recommended for the apple and the penr. Mulching in case of dry weather is nilVimtugrous to recently re-cently transplanted trees in general, and should be particularly attended to in the case of the plum, for If the root f. Ki supply enough of sap to the tiee in dry weather. RUtnmiriK is sure to ensue: the more uniform the supply of tho sap the more, healthy will be tho tree. The supply of siip cannot be uniform unless the moisture of tho soil about the roots Is steadily maintained, and the best means of doing this Is by mulching The usual mode of propagating cultivated culti-vated varieties is by budding and grafting. Some sorts reproduce themselves them-selves nearly true from seeds, as, for instance, the green gage; but seed lines generally vary more or less from the original, and it iB therefore best mil to depend on this mode of propagation, propa-gation, beyond the raising of seedlings seed-lings as stocks for peaches, etc. |