. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1374 PLUM time. Reine Claude, German Prune, Copper, are prob- ably best when top-worked on some strong stock. For many native varieties, seedlings of vigorous natives, as of Golden Beauty and Wayland, make excellent stocks. Americanas should be worked on their own seed
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 1374 PLUM time. Reine Claude, German Prune, Copper, are prob- ably best when top-worked on some strong stock. For many native varieties, seedlings of vigorous natives, as of Golden Beauty and Wayland, make excellent stocks. Americanas should be worked on their own seedlings, at least in the North. In the South they are often budded on Marianna. Plum trees are usually planted when two years old from the bud, although some of the strong-growing kinds may be planted at a year old with the very best results. As arnlf. I-"!!!!!! tm-^ :irf ii|tmt,-il nlmnt n=! far apart as peacli'-- -â <'"'' â¢- tf'n r. _'' litili- inconvenience in working the land if tops are .itarted ii!i low as this. The subsequent prun- ing of the Plum tree has no special difficulties. About four or five main limbs are allowed to form the frame- work of the top, and in most varieties, especially those which are not very tall growers, the central trunk or leader may be allowed to remain. The fruit of the Doraesticas is borne mostly on spurs, as shown in Fig. 1858. These spurs, therefore, should not be removed unless it is desired to thin the fruit. In the Americanas and the Japanese varieties, the fruit is borne both on spurs and on the annual axial growth. Insects and Diseases.âThe black-knot is one of the most serious Plum diseases. It best kept in check by systematically cutting it out. The grower should go over his orchard for it in the summer time and again as soon as the leaves fall. If trees are thoroughly sprayed every year with Bordeaux mixture for the leaf-blight fungus, the black-knot will make comparatively little headway in the orchard. The
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