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reputation by those who have seen it. Goliath ; this is rather a weak 

 grower and does not fruit every season, but when it does "hit," it will 

 make you glad ; very large, firm of flesh, and does not rot badly. 

 Grand Duke ; here is one that has special uses and should have a bril- 

 liant future before it; tree vigorous and health}^ of European type; 

 fruit fine large, dark in color, pear-shaped and covered with a heav}' 

 grayish bloom and seldom or never rots ; it has firm flesh and would 

 make a good shipper. The special use to which Grand Duke could be 

 applied is to place it on the market as a substitute for the expensive 

 California sorts. This is not theory, for we have sold this Plum to 

 retail dealers at fancy prices and I know for a certainty that fastidious 

 customers took them and were well pleased. The fruit is at its best 

 about the second or third week in September. If picked and care- 

 full}- placed in shallow boxes, about a dozen in each, there is no reason 

 why a few trees of this variety should not yield as good an income 

 as a whole orchard of the kinds that have to be sold for ten cents per 

 gallon. Jefferson, is rather a weak grower, but has fine large fruit; 

 it is somewhat subject to rots, but is promising. Lafayette, is an- 

 other European, somewhat like Communia, in that it produces very 

 large crops and about half of the fruit rots, but leaving enough for a 

 good harvest. ^Magnum Bonum; here is a variety that is among the 

 largest of Plums and in some localities appears to do well, but with 

 us it has fruited but scantily; it was a favorite with the late Judge 

 ^filler. ^McLaughlin is fine, delicate and large, but from some cause 

 does not set but a few fruits to the tree. Merunka ; this an European 

 variety, which, in its manner of growth and productiveness, resem- 

 bles the Damsons, but it is not so purplish in color and rather smal- 

 ler in size ; it is valuable for cooking purposes and is liked b}^ some 

 for eating from the tree, when well ripe ; the seed is free. This var- 

 iety is well worth cultivating. ^liddleburg is an American sort that 

 produces well some seasons, but has too many oflf years. Milton 

 ripens about the first week in July, and is a desirable sort on that ac- 

 count only, as its quality is not of the best. ^^liner is too well known 

 to require any description ; ^loore Arctic is a European sort, probably 

 originated in this country, that is worthy of a place in the orchard ; 

 it is very dark in color (almost blue), covered with a heavy grayish 

 bloom, is a little above medium size, and sets a heavy crop almost 

 every 3-ear ; its principal drawback is its tendency to rot. Newman ; 

 probabh- worth more as a pollinator for the Wild Goose than for any- 

 thing else. Prince Englebert ; one of the largest Plums but does not 

 bear enough. Quaker; here is a native Plum of good size thai; for 

 delicious eating is hard to beat; valuable for culinary purposes, too. 



