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WILD GOOSE. 



Mr. McWhorter — It ripens as early as any of our wild phnns — 

 earlier than the Miner. Both sorts are hardy. 



Mr. WiER — There is a large flock of this "Wild Goose," the seed- 

 lings having been largely disseminated as the true variety. The true tree 

 is hardy — a vigorous grower — I have them two years old, seven feet high ; 

 the twigs are more slender than those of Miner ; leaves like peach 

 leaves, finely serrated ; fruit a bright scarlet, and ripe from the fifteenth 

 to the twenty-fifth of July, in Marshall county ; is no better than that of 

 Hinckley (or Miner), but sells higher in Chicago. Mr. Downer, of 

 Kentucky, says the seedlings of Wild Goose are fine ornamental trees ; 

 the leaves are beautiful, blossoms beautiful, and when in fruit the bright 

 scarlet fruit is beautiful, giving the tree a charming appearance. The 

 seedlings of this tree and Miner, of which so many have been planted, 

 may be utilized by grafting them with the genuine Wild Goose plum. 



ADJOURNMENT. 



The hour fixed for final adjournment having arrived, the President 

 thanked the members of the Society for their courtesy to him during the 

 sessions, and, hoping that we would meet again at Franklin Grove for 

 another annual re-union, declared the session adjourned. 



