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. very favorably of the Aitkin, and I guess the Wyant would be 
the third. 
Mrs A. A. Kennedy: Have you grown the Aitkin so you 
know it is reliable? 
Mr. Wedge: Oh, no, but I know of its extreme earliness in 
ripening, long before the Desota is ripe. We have no use for 
the Forest Garden. 
mi . Mr. D. Cook: The best plums for market, to my mind, are 
4 the Desota first, and as an early plum I know of nothing better 
than the Wood. I would put the Desota and Wyant in first and 
second place and the Wood third. 
Mr. Kimball: I would like to inquire of those growing the 
Stoddard whether it is perfectly hardy? 
ra Mr. Wedge: Ihave had the Stoddard for a number of sea- 
sons, and it does not appear to pass through our winters ina 
perfectly satisfactory manner. It does not appear to endure 
our climate first-rate; it has a weak and poor appearance in the 
nursery and kills back more than any other plum we have. I 
was very much in favor of the Stoddard on account of its be- 
havior, but for the last two years I do not think it has a good 
constitution. 
Mr. S. D. Richardson: I have had no plums killed back the 
last five or eight years. 
_. Mr. Wedge: Mine killed back alittle every year where they 
made a strong growth. 
Mr. Penning: How old are your plum trees? 
Mr. Wedge: About five or six years old. 
Mr. Wragg (Iowa): Where did you get your Stoddard 
e) plums? 
a Mr Wedge: That is a point of some interest. I got them 
from Mr. Patten, and I got them for the Rockford. I sent the 
pit to you at some time, and you recognized the pit as the 
Stoddard. I think I have the Stoddard. It was shown at the 
fair, and it was claimed there that it was the Stoddard. 
Mr. Wragg (Iowa): I had the honor of introducing that 
variety, and I sentit away up to Manitoba, and I have had good 
reports from Madison, S. D., to Bismarck. Hight years ago in 
some places it was worked and sent out as Americana. That 
is the reason I asked Mr. Wedge where he got it. I first put it 
on the market and first brought the fruit before the public, 
and it was the largest and best American plum. 
Mr. O. M. Lord: Mr. Wragg sent me several Stoddard trees 
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