The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . ruitfulness among the trees of thedifferent types. The three types are, first, the European plum,which is the plum that gives rise to the old varieties, such asthe Green Gage, Yellow Egg, Damson and the various prunes;second, the Japanese plums, wdiich are entirely different fromthe former type; and third, the native type, such as the WildGoose. As already stated, it is a well established fact thatthe selection of varieties is an important consideration, andthis is particularly true in regard to
The land of sunshine, a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . ruitfulness among the trees of thedifferent types. The three types are, first, the European plum,which is the plum that gives rise to the old varieties, such asthe Green Gage, Yellow Egg, Damson and the various prunes;second, the Japanese plums, wdiich are entirely different fromthe former type; and third, the native type, such as the WildGoose. As already stated, it is a well established fact thatthe selection of varieties is an important consideration, andthis is particularly true in regard to plums. The Europeanplums do admirably. The trees are thrifty, heavy and surebearers. These plums are well adapted in every respect tothe New Mexico conditions, and large and excellent (jualityfruit can be produced. A few of the leading kinds of thisgroup which have been tested are the Clayman, Jefferson,Imperial and Transparent Gage, Yellow ^SS, Ponds Seed-ling, Washington and the French and German prunes. The native plums such as the Wild Goose, Golden Beautyand Pools Pride, are sure THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. td The Territory is celebrated for its grapes. The European,or the so-called California, grapes succeed well, and these arethe kinds grown for the market. The native or Americangrapes are not so satisfactory for commercial purposes, andare grown only for family use, although at Santa Fe excellentresults have been obtained with the Diamond and other nativevarieties. The European grape has been cultivated for overa century, but its culture generally speaking, has been con-fined to the southern and hotter valleys, and particularly tothe Rio Grande Valley from the Texas line to Santa Fe. Thevarieties that constitute the commercial vineyards are theMissouri, Muscat of Alexandria, and more or less the GrosColman and Flame Tokay. These grapes are shipped to theTexas, Louisiana and Colorado markets, wiiere they havegiven New Mexico a rej^utation for fine grapes. The Mis-si
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