. California prune industry. History and importance of the prune industry, methods of cultivation, varieties, picking, curing, packing, and production. Prune industry; Fruit-culture. — 21 such grafts Avill suffice, but on large trees at least four should be placed. These grafts will eventually thicken and form a complete trunk for the Fig. 14. Myrobalan phini tree. A. Tlie flower. B. Tlie fruit. The Myrobalan, or cherry plum {Prunus myrobalana), has of late come into great favor as a stock for the prune. It is claimed by some growers that the fruit on Myrobalan stock is smaller than on
. California prune industry. History and importance of the prune industry, methods of cultivation, varieties, picking, curing, packing, and production. Prune industry; Fruit-culture. — 21 such grafts Avill suffice, but on large trees at least four should be placed. These grafts will eventually thicken and form a complete trunk for the Fig. 14. Myrobalan phini tree. A. Tlie flower. B. Tlie fruit. The Myrobalan, or cherry plum {Prunus myrobalana), has of late come into great favor as a stock for the prune. It is claimed by some growers that the fruit on Myrobalan stock is smaller than on peach stock, but that its flesh is more solid and dries heavier. The influence of the root on the cured fruit is, however, still a mooted question. The Myrobalan stock comes from France. It is a wild plum of great thriftiness, and is used very extensively in that country for budding stock of the prune. It grows readily from seed and cuttings, and is easily propagated. The seeds are generally sent to this coast in the middle of October, and then they are at once sprouted. There has been considerable discussion during the last few years as to what is the true Myrobalan, and it must be acknowledged that some of the refined dis- tinctions which have been mooted do not seem to be well placed. Seedlings grown from the seed of the Myrobalan vary, as do other fruit seedlings, both in fruit and in foliage and habit of trees; and perhaps this fact has given rise to the distinction between "true" and "false" Myrobalan, so called. Practice has proceeded without much reference to the discussion, and whether grown here from seed of trees imported long ago, or from cuttings of the same, or whether seedling stocks are imported directly from France, as large quantities are, the Myrobalan of French origin is now the accepted plum stock for California. It has largely displaced the St. Julien and the Mirabelle, as well as the peach. Though described by some authorities as a d
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