. Catalogue. Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. THE PLUM Plums and prunes are of one family. The main difference being that prunes are sweet plums possessing the property of drying and curing without the seed being removed while the commercial value of the plum is as a can- ner or shipper. Plums are grown commercially over a very large range, are thrifty growers and bounti- ful bearers along the coast as well as in the interior valleys. There is scarcely a county in Ca
. Catalogue. Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. THE PLUM Plums and prunes are of one family. The main difference being that prunes are sweet plums possessing the property of drying and curing without the seed being removed while the commercial value of the plum is as a can- ner or shipper. Plums are grown commercially over a very large range, are thrifty growers and bounti- ful bearers along the coast as well as in the interior valleys. There is scarcely a county in California that does not class plums among its successful bearing fruits. The plum like the prune is grown on both peach and Myrobolan roots to suit the vary- ing soil conditions met with not only in Cali- fornia but in other countries as well. The Peach root will thrive on loamy soils The Myrobolan seems to exercise an influence on the longevity of the tree. We recommend it for any ordinary soils and particularly to lo> calities subject to overflow or standing water. In orchard form the trees should be plant- ed from twenty-two to twenty-five feet apart each way. Being bushy growers they should be quite severely pruned when young, in fact at planting they should be cut back to twenty inches from the ground and should be pro- tected from the sun by tree protectors or white wash as the young trees are quite sub- ject to sun scald. For three or four seasons after planting the same general pruning instructions applicable to other fruits will apply, but after that the only pruning necessary is the removal of branches that interfere with others. Formula for white wash will be found on page 8. PLUMS VARIETIES AND DESCRIPTIONS APEX PLUMCOT. (June.) Fruit very large, color deep pink or light crimson, free- stone. Flesh honey-yellow, firm, rich, aro- matic. Ripens with the earliest plums, render- ing it a valuable market variety. The tree is a strong compact upright grower and a good r
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