l tionally vigorous and new shoots ago when the severe pruning era.
are formed very abundantly. The was at its height; the trees and
season of ripening is ea1·l1er than plants, as a rule, are doing better
,1 Latham and earlier than any of because of thiS_
vc the other red varieties mentioned 1u fruit tmc pruning it has been
rk ;l£1l'iileT?1;1€;u1§S ari S¤;¤ll» Soft found wise to head the trees low,
vc fl y S (my um and encourage low limbs to pro-
nc Rlpenlng Dates and Yields tect the trunks from the hot south- 3 _
,u Harvesting started June 1 and West $llll· _ ·
of ended July 2 on the Indian Sum- _ lll 1`§?m_0V1¤K S¤l'Pl¤§ OY b1‘0l{€¤ °
mer, Newburg, Marcy and Taylor limbs ll ls Seed Pl`l1lll¤8 PF6€'€l¢€
, varieties. The Flaming Giant be- to make the GMS close to ihé i
Us ing earlier, harvest started May 28 trunk and not leave stubs. These L
lw and was completed on June 21. The Slllbe ele lelllele eVl§lellee of Pee? '
its yields Ou plum of 50 plants auch pruning. Where a limb has been _
in, 10110,,.: 1udmu Summer, 97 pints; broken oif well out from the trunk
zw Newhurgl 171 mms; Marcy, 113 and one does not desire to remove 5
ud pints; Taylor, 82 pints; and Flam- lim wlwle hmb» the broken POI"  
rm mg em, :0 pim. it will be Sm lm Should be ¤=*¤e<>v€d at the i
m this group that Ncwhurg gmc next fork·or side limb below 1t.  
3W decidedly the highest yields. In Ill l`€H10vmg limbs at erotehes  
YY some variety tests at the Western the cuts Sl¤¤¤l