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after. The Abundance will stand in North Missouri, and I believe 

 there is a bonanza in it. I threw away the Mariana. It did not 

 amount to anything. They are inferior to the native wild plum. 



Mr. Ilelvern — I read in a paper published in Ohio that the Abund- 

 ance is one of the best they have there. They say it beats all. I want 

 to try it for this country. Spaulding is highly recommended some 

 eighty miles south, in Arkansas. Wild Goose bears three or four 

 crops when young, afterward it is no good. 



Sam. Miller — Of all the plums I have ever tried, the Louise is the 

 best. It originated at Hermann, Mo., by Geo. Husmann. It is better 

 than Wild Goose as much as the Winesapis better than the Ben Davis. 

 They ripen without a defect when others are destroyed by the curculio. 

 I have no trees for sale. 



Mr. Elliott — In Barry county Wild Goose and German Prune are 

 satisfactory. Lombard has had some fruit. I have a plum called 

 Golden Mammoth, which is the largest and best, but we are a little too 

 far north for it. 



Mr. Espenlaub — A friend of mine grows the German Prune suc- 

 cessfully, and gets a good price for it in the city markets. The Way- 

 land is the best I have. It is not very large, but is fine quality. 



THE CHERRY. 



Why it was that I, among so many, have been selected by our worthy Secre- 

 tary to prepare a paper on the growingand marketing of this fruit, to be delivered 

 before this assemblage of fruit growers, representing every part or our grand State, 

 is more than I can understand. It seems to me that it would have been the wiser 

 part of good judgment that we young members be allowed the privilege of being 

 listeners awhile longer, and the older and more experienced take the floor. Suflice 

 it to say that this is my first attempt. 



This noble fruit has for a long time been kept in the background to give place 

 to the growing of the apple, peach, etc. , on account, I suppose, of the inability to 

 market the crop to a good advantage^; the main reason for which no doubt is in not 

 selecting several different varieties which ripen at diflerent times. The question of 

 growing the cherry into a tree is of far less importance to the orchardist than the 

 proper selection of varieties and the care and management after it is planted where 

 it is to remain. 



Within the past few years a number of new varieties have been brought before 

 the public, but most of them have besn proved to be wanting in hardiness or 

 quality, and have been discarded. The Montgomery is perhaps an exception, the 

 tree being hardy and the fruit being somewhat better than the Early Richmond. 

 We consider the Early Richmond the best all-round cherry, with the Montgomery 

 a close second, and have therefore divided our orchard between these two varieties 

 in order to have a succession of ripening, ttiereby affording greater ease in dispos- 

 ing of the crop. Have tried May, Duke, Ostheim, Wragg and Dyehouse with no 

 success. Have a few Windsor trees but have had no ctierries as yet£ 



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