The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . erallyabout the size of a partridge-egg ; varies in color from a deep red to a paleyellow; pulp yellow: when ripe, the flesh next to the skin is sweet andwell flavored, but, next to the stone, is very acid. The red varieties are thebest. The cut is a fair representation of the wood, leaf, and fruit. The 142 Improvement of the Native Plum. fruit is produced from spurs, and in clusters. It is dioecious; some treesonly producing staminate or male flowers, some only pistillate or femaleflowers. It is also monoecious, flowers of both ki
The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . erallyabout the size of a partridge-egg ; varies in color from a deep red to a paleyellow; pulp yellow: when ripe, the flesh next to the skin is sweet andwell flavored, but, next to the stone, is very acid. The red varieties are thebest. The cut is a fair representation of the wood, leaf, and fruit. The 142 Improvement of the Native Plum. fruit is produced from spurs, and in clusters. It is dioecious; some treesonly producing staminate or male flowers, some only pistillate or femaleflowers. It is also monoecious, flowers of both kinds appearing on thesame tree ; while other trees have perfect or hermaphrodite flowers. Thelast only are worth planting. This peculiarity, I believe, is common to all ofour native plums. It is propagated generally from the root-sprouts, whichare thrown up in great numbers all around the trees, soon forming a densegrove if left undisturbed ; in which condition most persons consider themto bear best: but the largest and best fruit is obtained when the sprouts. are kept down. The trees should be planted ten feet apart. The Chickasaw Plum, where it has been cultivated north of its naturalhabitat, is very much inclined to vary from its wild type, not only in color,but in size and quality. One of its sports, known as The Newman Flu?n, I consider the greatest improvement yet made onany of our native plums. The tree is a rapid grower, and attains morethan double the size of its parent. The fruit is large, or, compared withnative plums, very large. The fruit, as represented in the cut, is of aboutan average size. It is of a beautiful glossy red color, with a delicate pur- Improvement of the Native Plum. 143 pie bloom; translucent, with numerous white specks or dots all over it;sweet throughout; almost pulpless. The stone is flattish, of medium an orchard in which there are twenty varieties of the foreign plum, ithas produced a crop every year since the trees were two years plan
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