Archive image from page 221 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhard00hedr Year: 1922 CHAPTER XII VARIETIES OF PLUMS Fifteen species of plums, several of which are divided into sub-species, and varieties to the number of more than 2,000, are now under cultivation, most of which have at one time or another been grown in North America. From these figures, it is hardly too much to say that, of all drupe-fruits, plums furnish the greatest diversity of kinds. Species and varieties give a greater range of colors, forms, sizes, flavors, aromas, and textures
Archive image from page 221 of Cyclopedia of hardy fruits (1922). Cyclopedia of hardy fruits cyclopediaofhard00hedr Year: 1922 CHAPTER XII VARIETIES OF PLUMS Fifteen species of plums, several of which are divided into sub-species, and varieties to the number of more than 2,000, are now under cultivation, most of which have at one time or another been grown in North America. From these figures, it is hardly too much to say that, of all drupe-fruits, plums furnish the greatest diversity of kinds. Species and varieties give a greater range of colors, forms, sizes, flavors, aromas, and textures than any other hardy fruit. The plants are quite as diverse as the fruits: some plums are true trees with stout trunks and sturdy branches, while others are shrubs with slender branches; some species have thin, delicate leaves; others coarse, heavy foliage; the flowers of some are large and attractive, of others small, unat- tractive, and possessing a disagreeable odor. In geographical distribution, wild and culti- vated plums encircle the globe in the North Temperate Zone, the species and varieties be- ing adapted to great diversities of soil and climate. Varieties from twelve species are described in the Cyclopedia oj Hardy Fruits, practically all of which have come under the author's eye as grown at the Experiment Station, Geneva, New York. ABUNDANCE. Fig. 181. P. salicina. Abundance is the best known of the Japanese plums. The two assets which have given the variety great popularity are adaptability to Abundance. (XD a wide diversity of soils and climates, and, as its name implies, abundance of fruit, for it bears not only heavily but also yearly. As a market plum. Abundance has several faults; the fruits ship and keep poorly, are subject to brown-rot, mature unevenly, and drop rather too readily as they ripen. The crop should be picked before quite ripe, as the plums develop in flavor best when picked early, and the dropping and rot are thus avoided. The variety is exce
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