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Plums. — On motion it was voted to recomtnend the De Soto 

 for general cultivation. 



In response to an inquiry by Mr. Stickney respecting the 

 "Weaver and Forest Garden in Minnesota, Mr. Gibbs stated that 

 both varieties were giving good satisfaction. The Forest Garden 

 is a great bearer and the fruit is of exceUent quality. The Weaver 

 bears well and the plums are very fine. 



Mr. Speer said that in Iowa they had had very poor success with 

 all the cultivated varieties, and had been compelled to discard 

 them all and go to the native markets for the wild fruit. They 

 had taken great piins to collect all the native varieties that 

 promised well, and had found a number that they thought would 

 be valuable, superior even to the De Soto, which was itself a wild 

 variety. 



Mr. Stickney said he had set out a number of trees of the 

 Weaver, but found it such a persistent blighter that he was 

 obliged to dig them up to save the other varieties. The fruit was 

 good in quality. He had two trees of the Miner, set twelve jears 

 ago, that had blossomed full year after year, but had not borne 

 any fruit until last year, when there was a partial crop, The 

 present season they were heavily loaded, and had more than paid 

 for themselves. He had thought seriously of digging them up, 

 but they should stand ten or twelve years longer though they did 

 not bear a plum. The quality was very good ; another advan- 

 tage with them was that they did not all ripen at oace, but the 

 season lasted two or three weeks, affording a continued use. 



Mr. Tuttle had had a similar experience with the Miner. His 

 trees had been set a good many years, but bore for the first time 

 the present season. He thought when the trees got age they 

 would be profitable. 



No further change was made, and the lists recommended were: 



For General Gultivation — De Soto. 



For Trial — Lombifd, Imperial Gage, Magaum Bonum, Yellow Egg, 

 Eldridge, Duane's Purple. 



Cherries. — No change was made. The list recommended is : 



For General OuUioation — Early RlclioDnd, Late RicUmoad or Kentish, 

 English Morello. 



