The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-15

~ queIty OF the japanese pluns. The
pooleSt Oh them are inferior to anv of
'iie european varieties. The bsst of tbern
are nearly equal to the best of the Euro
pedh Kinds, and all of the leading sor,s
az oetter IN quality than the Lombard
t'iey are properly thinned and ripened.
~ SEA. merit of the Japanese plum is
, 'Iie lact mat ii is adapted to an exceed
Hsy VIDE range of territory. in this re-
9peCt eAcelllng both the Domestica and
iIdtiVe type. There are varieties which
thrive from Canada TO the Southern states.
ana apparently from ocean to ocean
Ihere has been some complaint in the
M!uule states and the South of loss of
blossoms from late spring frosts. but we
nave never experienced this difficulty. The
ouos START early; but in New York state
at least the winter climate holds so late
,hal there is practically no danger from
the early swelling of the buds
Inc japanese plums are less seriously
attacked by insects and fungi than the
common European or Domestica type is.
Ihey are not entirely free from the shot
noe fungus blackknot, curculio and
DINER difficulties, but in our experience
these troubles have been so infrequent or
OF such minor importance as not to at.
tract serious attention. The fruit rot is
often serious on Japanese plums; but in
our experience, it is equally or even more
serious on the Lombard If the Japan
ese pums are properly thinned, there
seems TO be no unusual susceptibility to
the fruit-rot fungus.
The larger part of the Jananese nlur,
stock which is sold by nurserymen is on
peach roots; and on these roots they seem
20 thrive. However, we find that they do
remarkably well when worked on
Lombard stocks. Theoretically. we are tc,
expect the best results when they are
worked on their own roots; and these
piums are now so extensively planted that
the time cannot be far distant when seed
cen be obtained cheaply enough to war
rant the raising of japanese plum stocks
II remains to be demonstrat ted, however
whether the japanese plum roots are act
ually better than the peach or the Domcs-
tea plum roofs
In former reports, we have spoken of
the great variation or the Japanese plums
IN respect to the period of ripening We
find that the same trees often do net
ripen their fruit in the same sequence in
dlf1erent years In some years there may
be a difference of two weeks in ripening
between the Abundance and Burbank
whereas in other years the very same
trees may rpen their fruit almost eimur-
tanecusly. The period and sequence of
all fruits are greatly modified by the par.
ticular season. but the Japanese plums
seem TO be particularly unstable in these
respects
Ever since we began the study OF these
japanese plums We have been puzzled to
account for the great differences in opinion
respecting the merits of individual varie-
ties and the wide discrepancies in de;cyIp-
tons of them. Some of these discrepnn.
cies are traceable to a confused nomencia-
ture; but we now believe that many of
them are due to the fact that the Same
hear np1ilxn In,
Years Some of the trees which we have
had under the closest observation during
two or three crops, seem to have behaved
III this way.