. Catalogue of Green's Nursery Co. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Nursery stock; Fruit trees; Berries. York State Prune. In one sense this is a new prune and in another it is not. It has been largely grown in New York State, where large orchards may be seen at the present day in fruiting, but I am not aware of any orchards in exist- ence outside of this State; it is a chance seedling, evidently a cross between the German Prune and the Fellemburg (Italian prune). It combines the good qualities of both of above varieties; it is shaped l
. Catalogue of Green's Nursery Co. Nursery stock New York (State) Rochester Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Berries Catalogs; Nursery stock; Fruit trees; Berries. York State Prune. In one sense this is a new prune and in another it is not. It has been largely grown in New York State, where large orchards may be seen at the present day in fruiting, but I am not aware of any orchards in exist- ence outside of this State; it is a chance seedling, evidently a cross between the German Prune and the Fellemburg (Italian prune). It combines the good qualities of both of above varieties; it is shaped like a prune, much larger than German Prune, skin dark blue covered with bloom, long stalk, flesh yellow, juicy and sweet and of superior qualities, separates freely from the stone and ripens about the first of October; the tree is a vigorous upright grower and bears heavily at an early age. This excel- lent variety of plum is no experiment since it has been so extensively grown and its good qualities tested. It originated as follows: In a settlement largely of German people, the German Prune was extensively grown, propagated from seed. These good people assumed that the seed would produce German Prunes without variation. This is one of the seed- lings which varied from its parent materi- ally, more closely resembling the Fellem- burg than the G erman Prune. The fact that it was grown in an orchard on the supposi- tion that it was German Prune is the reason for its having been somewhat disseminated under that name. But the German Prune is a slow and struggling grower in the nursery, while the York State prune is vigorous and upright, which was the first indication that the planters perceived that it was a different variety. 2,000,000 pounds of Fellemburg plums, (Italian prunes) were grown last year in Washington state, showing the popularity of the prune. A prominent New York state fruit grower writes as follows : " I have a large orchard in full bearing of York State prune
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