208 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



THE MINER PLUM. 



(A discussion.) 



IMr. W. L. Taylor : The Miner is the choicest plum I have on 

 my place. They grow immensely and are doing very well, but they 

 seem to be a tardy bearer. This was the second year they bore, and 

 they have been grafted on the wild stock seven years. I have been 

 told they bear a great deal better a little later, and if any one has the 

 variety I would like to hear from him. 



]\Ir. O. M. Lord : It will not stand the winter on my place,' It 

 invariably kills down. 



The President : I was afraid to touch the Miner plum because 

 I thought it not safe. How many have tried it? (About lo.) 



How many of you think it is a tolerably safe plum so it will 

 warrant one in raising it? (About 6.) 



I\lr. C. W. Merritt : At Winona it is a shy bearer. It needs 

 grafting. 



]\Ir. J. S. Trigg (Iowa) : I have a neighbor who grew the 

 Miner plum for fourteen years. It grew and blossomed profusely 

 but never bore a plum. Last year he went down in the woods and 

 cut two wild plum trees in bloom and stuck them in the crotch of the 

 Miner plum tree, and they bore the largest crop of fruit I ever saw. 

 Last year he did not do it, and he did not have any fruit. My ex- 

 perience is that you have got to plant it with other trees in order 

 to have it bear any fruit. If you will do as a gentlemen said a few 

 minutes ago, graft some other variety in it, you can get plenty of 

 good Miner plums. 



Mr. H. M. Lyman : I have grown the Miner for about thirty- 

 five years. After a very cold winter it kills back and does not bear 

 well. For the last five years I have raised fine crops. 



THE MINNESOTA CRAB. 



(A discussion.) 



Mr. C. G. Patten (Iowa) : I would like to inquire how many 

 have tried the Minnesota crab and how many would recommend the 

 tree. I ask this question on account of the fact that I would like to 

 know the degree of hardiness the tree possesses. 



(A large number raised their hands.) 



The President : How many w^ould recommend it for hardiness? 



(About all.) 



The President : Is there any one who would not recommend it? 



(A unanimous negative.) 



The President : How many find it blights ? 



(About five.) 



Mr. A. B. Lyman: In Carver county the Minnesota crab is 

 making a fine showing. A man living near our place is so taken with 

 it that, not knowing the name, he has had some scions cut to propa- 

 gate it. 



Mr. Frank Yahnke : I think as much of the Minnesota crab as 

 of any apple I have. I planted the trees twenty-five years ago last 



