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but they enjoy themselves. But what do we here? Why, simply seek to 

 add to the great competition which already exists." Mr. Morrill than gave 

 the financial statistics of shipment of horticultural products from Benton 

 Harbor which were recently printed in these columns and generally in the 

 state press. 



After another musical selection, the session adjourned. 



Friday Morning Session. 



Opening the concluding session, the secretary read the appended letter 

 from Mr. G. W. Cline of Winona, Ontario, upon 



CANADIAN PLUM CULTURE. 



As it is impossible for the to meet with you, I send you on paper some 

 of my experience in growing plums for the past twenty years. I have 

 found that, for my section, the list of good plums is larger than that of any 

 other of the cultivated fruits. I have grown and found good and profitable, 

 over forty varieties, and have not fruited all varieties recommended yet. 

 This list, as follows, has done extra well. In order of ripening it comprises 

 Imperial Gage, Washington, Bradshaw, Niagara. Duane's Purple, Smith's 

 Orleans, Myers' Seedling, Lombard, Victoria, Huling's Superb, Yellow Egg, 

 Monroe Egg, Glass' Seedling, Columbia, Quackenboss, Pond's Seedling, 

 Gen. Hand, Coe's Golden Drop. Heine Claude de Bavay, German Prune; 

 but there are others, that I believe are just as good, that I have not had 

 long enough to judge of them, sach as Jefferson, Shipper's Pride, Gueii, 

 Stanton, Field, Peters' Yellow Gage, Saunders. Hudson River Purple 

 Egg, Eed Egg, Green Gage, McLaughlin, Dunston Superb, Shropshire 

 Damson. English Damson, Canada Orleans, Fellenberg. French Prune, 

 Peach plum. 



The first list I am always ready to plant, knowing them as extra good 

 from my long experience with them; but the best advice I can give any 

 planter is to look about among his brother growers and note the situation 

 and the soil in which the different varieties are growing and doing extra 

 well. I do not think it advisable for any planter to plant largely of any 

 new varieties, as the chances are older established varieties are the best. 

 How seldom does any of the new varieties of fruits that come out with a 

 flourish of trumpets prove equal to the old! But by all means try a tree, 

 or vine or two, and await results. You will make money by waiting, 

 ninety-nine times out of one hundred, over rushing in and planting 

 largely of new and untried sorts: but there is room for improvements in 

 our fruits, and in time we will get some if not all of them. 



I am not favorable to any of the plums of the wild sort, as Wild Goose, 

 Moore's Artie. Weaver, DeSoto. and many more of that stamp, as they 

 are worthless for this section, and I have but little faith in the Japanese 

 plums so mucH talked of and advertised. Still, we must try those we 



