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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt:...varieties of medium size, dark purple, with a greenish yellow flesh, juicy, sweet, and of good quality. It has a free stone. Season, late August to September. It is extensively grown for dried prunes, as well as for market purposes. Giant (Giant Prune). A very large dark crimson fruit, with yellowish flesh of good quality. It is considerably grown for market purposes. Damson. A small purplish plum, with a melting, juicy flesh of subacid flavor. It has a free stone. Season, medium. It is an exceptionally heavy producer and is largely used for preserving. Golden Drop (Silver Prune). One of the largest and best quality yellow plums, especially adapted to the home fruit garden in the semiarid states. Season, late. De Soto. A medium-size oval plum, orange yellow, mostly overlaid with crimson, and of very good quality. Season, medium. It is a hardier variety than any of the above and valued for preserving. QUESTIONS 1. Discuss favorable and unfavorable soil conditions for fruit trees. 2. At what age should nursery trees be purchased? Why? 3. Discuss the pruning of the young tree to shape the framework branches. 4. Discuss the pruning of a mature fruit tree. 5. Why is fruit thinned, and how? 6. Discuss the cultivation and irrigation of fruit trees. 7. How can one judge the proper season to pick apples, pears and peaches? 8. Name and describe briefly three varieties of each of the following: apples, pears, cherries, plums. EXERCISES AND PROJECTS 1. Grafting: Apples are sometimes propagated by means of grafting a twig, called the cion, to a root of a tree, called the stock, which is one year old. This is because a twig will always produce the same kind of apples as the tree from which the twig is cut; whereas an apple seed usually produces a tree which bears some ot...