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most of our hardy plums. When well ripe the skia peels off readily. 

 It ripens very early, about with the Iowa. Fruited for the first time 

 here, and is a very promising^ variety. 



Marble. — From Brown county, Minn. Tree good and very pro- 

 ductive, always setting a full crop. Fruit, round, mottled red; 

 quality good. Ripens about the first of September. This variety is 

 sometimes subject to rot, and is of rather small size for the market. 



Knudson's Peach.— From same place as the Marble. Tree good 

 in all respects. Fruit hardly of medium size, sweet and good, but 

 drops before well colored, and is too small for market, also much 

 subject to plum pocket fungus. 



Homestead. — Also from the same source. Tree hardy, and a great 

 annual bearer of purplish red fruit. Ripens with the Forest Garden; 

 too small for market. 



New Ulm. — Tree very hardy, but of a crooked, irregular habit; 

 wonderfully productive, quite free from plum pockets. The fruit 

 hangs well to the tree till colored and ripe; size, large to very large, 

 often one and one half inches in diameter; oblong. Color, light red 

 covered with a beautiful pinkish bloom; very attractive and brings 

 highest price. Pit small for size of fruif ; quality good for any use, 

 First ripe about September 1st, lasting for three weeks. Sometimes 

 attacked by rot, yet one of Ihe most profitable to grow. 



Caroline. — One of Heideman's seedlings. Hardy and of good 

 quality, but much subject to pockets and not sufficiently pro- 

 ductive. 



Cheney.--Differs much in tree, blossoms and fruit from the common 

 type. Tree upright and perfectly hardy; early and abundant bearer; 

 fruit large to very large, and equal in quality to any native plum I 

 know of for cooking and canning. Its chief faults are its inclina- 

 tion to produce pockets, and the fruit is more easily blown off by 

 heavy winds than many other kinds. Still I regard it as one of my 

 best medium early plums. It always brings the top price in the 

 market. 



Rockford. — This is very hardy, very early and a prolific bearer; gen- 

 erally needs thinning. Nearly free from plum pocket fungus, but 

 scabs more or less, though it shows little when ripe. It is of dark 

 red color with fine blue bloom; pit rather large; quality very good 

 for dessert; of only medium size, but one of the best in my collec- 

 tion. 



Forest Garden. — Tree a fast grower, often kills back when young, 

 and liable to split down; productive and of good size, sweet and 

 juicy, but inclined to produce pockets. I think now we have better 

 varieties. 



Old Gold. — One of Heideman's seedlings. Foliage punctured by 

 rust spots; of fine golden yellow color, of only medium size and not 

 equal to many others. 



Harrison's Peach. — From scions received from C. W. H. Heideman, 

 New Ulm. This has proved here the poorest of all the named 

 varieties of hardy plums. It has never borne even a fair crop. 



Wolf. — One of the best in the whole list; an abundant and annual 

 bearer; fruit runs larger than De Soto; very free from plum pockets, 



