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The plums of New York

Hedrick, U. P., 1870-1951; Alderman, W. H. (William Horace), 1885-1985 [Contributor]; Dorsey, Maxwell Jay, 1880-1966 [Contributor]; Taylor, O. M. (Orrin Morehouse), 1865-1932 [Contributor]; Wellington, R. (Richard), 1884-1975 [Contributor]· 6 chapters· 280,908 words

ABUNDANCE 136 AGEN 138 AMERICA 142 AMES 144 APPLE 146 ARCH DUKE 148 ARCTIC 150 ARKANSAS 152 AUTUMN COMPOTE 154 BAVAY 156 BELLE 158 BLACK BULLACE 162 BRADSHAW 166 BURBANK 170 CHABOT 172 CHENEY 176 CLIMAX 178 DE CARADEUC 188 DE SOTO 190 DIAMOND 192 DOWNING 194 DRAP D’OR 194 DUAN...

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1. CHAPTER IV.—MINOR VARIETIES OF PLUMS 391

ABUNDANCE 136 AGEN 138 AMERICA 142 AMES 144 APPLE 146 ARCH DUKE 148 ARCTIC 150 ARKANSAS 152 AUTUMN COMPOTE 154 BAVAY 156 BELLE 158 BLACK BULLACE 162 BRADSHAW 166 BURBANK 170 CHA...

2. CHAPTER I

The great genus Prunus includes plums, cherries, almonds, apricots, peaches, and the evergreen cherries or cherry laurels. Its widely distributed species number a hundred or mor...

3. CHAPTER II

Ten states produced over 82 per ct. of the plum crop of the United States in 1899. The census of 1900 shows that in the preceding year the total crop in the country was 8,764,03...

4. CHAPTER III

=1.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt._ 96. 1887. =2.= _Am. Gard._ =9=:360. 1888. =3.= _Ga. Hort. Soc. Rpt._ 51, 52, 53, 99. 1889. =4.= Bailey _Ann. Hort._ 103. 1889. =5.= _Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt....

5. CHAPTER IV

This variety came from a chance seedling found in the ruins of the Abbaye d’Arton at Valreas, France; it was propagated in 1897 by M. Valdy of Valreas. Tree very productive; fru...

6. Part I. Pomologie ou Description Meilleures Sortes de Pommes

The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening. By George Nicholson, assisted by J. W. H. Trail and J. Garrett. Four volumes, London. Supplement to same. By George Nicholson et al. Lon...