Room for another

Now that the icy conditions have, for the time being at least, receded I planted a plum tree which I bought a week or so ago. A nursery we called in on was selling some fruit trees at a very reasonable price, probably because they were root balled, rather than container grown, and they needed to get them moved on sooner rather than later. I spied a healthy looking, well formed young tree among them and with premeditated impulsiveness decided to buy it.

It is the ubiquitous Victoria plum. But its popularity is well-deserved because it is prolific, very tasty and self-pollinating. We do have other plum trees, including an aging Victoria, but there is room for another. We like plums very much. 

Newly planted Victoria plum (with the essential
rabbit guard).