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to the foregoing the fniit should be thinned so that no two plums will 

 touch. 



I believe that with thorough cultivation, spraying, and thinning, we 

 can reduce the loss by these enemies to a minimum and make plum 

 growing one of the most profitable branches of horticulture. 



In conclusion, a word regarding marketing. The manner of market- 

 ing and packages depend entirely on the kinds of plums you grow and 

 market you have. Where we grow the larger showier sorts. and have a 

 discriminating market, the four-basket crate is a very nice package. For 

 other sorts and markets the 24-quart berry crates and boxes and 8-pound 

 grape basket, ara commonly employed. Some places you can market the 

 crop in bushel and half-bushel baskets. In whatever way you sell them 

 be sure that nothing but first class fruit honestly packed leaves the 

 farm. 



As to varieties, I would say that your local conditions govern' that 

 largely. Find out what your neighboring fruit growers are successfully 

 growing, then plant accordingly. Any new sort that you think worthy 

 and that may be better than any you already have should be given a 

 trial. I do not think every one should have an experimental farm, but 

 we need to encourage the plant breeders in their work, in creating new 

 varieties of plums, as our' list of real high quality plums that are suc- 

 cessful here is limited. 



DISCUSSION. 



Professor Emerson: Did you ever notice any injury particularly to 

 the Japanese plums from spraying with lime and sulphur at the rate of 

 1 to 50? 



A. I have never seen any injury at all. 



Q. Did you use lime combined with sulphur? 



A. Yes! and we have had good results by combining the two. 



President: If there are no further questions we will now proceed 

 to the next subject on the program, which is: "Some wild fruits which 

 ought to be cultivated," by Dr. C. E. Bessey, of the University. 



Dr. Bessey read his paper, which is as follows: 



SOME WILD FRUITS WHICH OUGHT TO BE CULTIVATED. 

 Charles E. Bessey, University of Nebraska. 



iNebraska is not usually regarded as rich in edible wild fruits, and 

 yet if one looks over the wild fruits that occur in the state he may easily 

 make up a list of at least twenty-five kinds that may be well thought of 

 as worthy of cultivation. And I have no doubt that all of these, and 

 more, too, will be cultivated, when we have lived here a century or two 

 longer. For man is a wasteful creature. He rushes into a new country 

 and usually pays no attention to the wild products he finds, other than 

 to dig them out as last as he needs the ground for his imported plants. 



