best growers ; nurserymen cannot make money out of it as rapidly as out of some others, 
but all things considered it is the best light plum grown, being extremely hardy and 
producing a crop of the finest quality every year. Its disadvantage as against La Reine 
Claude, which is the standard light colored plum, is that it comes in earlier. If it 
ripened as late as La Reine Claude I would say it was the best of the light colored plums 
to plant for market, but it comes in earlier. The advantage of La Reine Claude is that 
it comes in Jater. I obtained my stock eighteen years ago, and during last season we 
have topbudded 150 trees to continue it. Then for the sixth there is Coe’s Golden Drop, 
which ought to be planted. We have had experience sometimes in winter killing, and in 
picking these varieties I have endeavored to select those which hold their foliage well, 
because that is a very important point. The Imperial Gage we have dropped, because 
the tree is tender. Of the light colored ones I do not know one that is more tender than 
the Imperial Gage, and it is not the equal of La Reine Claude in productiveness. I 
have omitted La Reine Claude because I do not know whether it would be considered 
hardy for your section, and yet it is the “king bee” of all the plums. I have had trees 
that yielded as high as $20 in a season. 
The Secretary.—lI[t is perfectly hardy in western Ontario. 
Mr. Wititarp.—Yes; but I desire to say that the plum is a capricious fruit. It 
may be entirely hardy here and not with us, and vice versa. I think that is the 
experience of anyone who has grown plums largely. 
Mr. Dewesry.—La Reine Claude is perfectly hardy in part of our county (Hastings) — 
and tender in other parts, but there is nothing better in the form of a plum for canning. © 
I cannot grow it at all, while a man who lives only twenty miles from me succeeds every 
time. 
A Mrmper.—What about the McLaughlin ? 
Mr. Wittarp.—It originated in the State of Maine and is of very fine quality, but- 
not a profitable market plum. It is almost of the highest quality to eat. 
The Presipzent.— What have you to say of the Niagara plum ? 
Mr. Wittarp.—Well, if you plant good Bradshaws I am sure you will get a good 
list of Niagaras. Shipper’s Pride is a very good plum a little north of us in the State — 
of New York. It is a_very fair plum, but not what we were led to believe. The 
Jefferson is of the highest quality, but not productive enough for market, being in 
this respect the same as the Washington. Quackenboss is a very desirable plum, but 
we find it has a little inclination to shyness in bearing. There are places where it suc-. 
ceeds well ; I have seen it very fine on the Hudson river, but there are others which 
we think more profitable. The Gueii is much more profitable to raise than the Quacken- 
boss. 
A Memser.—Do you know anything about Glass’ Seedling ? 
Mr. WiLtarp.—Only as I have tested it myself. Some of them were sent to me by 
this Association a good many years ago, and we tested them in a small way. I thought 
it was so near akin to the Quackenboss that it was not worth while propagating it. Pond’s 
Seedling is a fine plum, but it makes wood slowly, and is not productive enough of 
dollars and cents. The Victoria is a very fine plum some seasons; then, again, it is 
liable to over-produce, and the fruit is small and fails to ripen well. The General Hand 
is a fine plum in appearance, but does not produce enough. The Peach Plum is hardy ; 
one of the most hardy we have. There are six other varieties 1 would be very glad to 
mention in connection with the six | have already named as my choice, which I think 
are valuable. The Prince of Wales is a most beautiful plum, of very fine color and very 
productive and hardy. It is comparatively new-here, though I heard of it years ago in 
England. .Then there is the Stanton, which originated in Aibany county, N. Y. If I 
were to name only one plum for canning I don’t know but it would be this one; 
if it were two years hence I could tell better. We have now over a thousand 
trees that will be in bearing next year. It is one of the finest to eat, and we have 
kept the plums for weeks in our cellar sent up when ripe from Albany county. L 
