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lar as an early, sure abundant fruiter. The demand for the trees 

 greatly exceeds the supply. The Eockford plum, shown by C. G. 

 Patten of Iowa, was a splendid fruit. Size large medium, color 

 purple, covered with white bloom, skin thin, peels from the flesh 

 when ripe, pulp firm, sweet, rich, fine flavor. Mr. Wilcox, of 

 Hastings, showed one variety. Size large, form oval, color yellow 

 with soft carmine cheek, skin thin, peels from the flesh when fully 

 ripe, flesh medium consistency, sweet and good flavor. Gen'l 

 Le Due, ex-commissioner of agriculture, sent me three varieties 

 for examination. No. 1, size large, color rich golden, with crim- 

 son cheek, skin thick, pulp rather soft, sweet and fine flavor. No. 

 2, medium large, deep red thickly dotted with small white specks 

 and covered with a whitish bloom: skin thin, tasteless and parts 

 from the flesh, flesh deep yellow, consistency medium, flavor 

 good. No. 3, small, yellow changing to red, very good to eat from 

 the hand. He has another variety named Vermillion, of large 

 medium size, that is one of the most beautiful and excellent var- 

 ieties I have seen. Season earlier than the above. On the lYth 

 of September I recieved a package by mail containing three var- 

 ieties from Miss Morrison, of Rosemount, Minn. No. 1, was large 

 medium, dark red, thin skinned, meaty fruit of that class, usually 

 designated as peach plum. No. 2, is a large plum also red in 

 color, skin thick and acrid; flavor of pulp good. No. 3, is a large late 

 plum, color a yellowish green, skin thick, quality fair. I kept 

 some of them two weeks in good condition and my impression of 

 the variety is that it will be of great value, as a starting point to 

 secure a late good keeping and shipping variety. A note ac-> 

 companying them, stated that Nos. land 2 were the last remaining 

 specimens of the crop which was at its best a week earlier and 

 that they did not show the real excellence of the varieties, while a 

 frost had occured the night previous to the picking of No. 3, 

 which may have lowered it in flavor and keeping qualities. 



EMERSON PLUM. 



Mr. Kramer, of La Crescent, furnished me samples of this plum 

 about the 25th of September. The fruit is large, nearly round, color 

 red, skin thickly dotted with small gray spots. It is firm enough for 

 paring, and is equal to peaches for canning and preserving, and I 

 think will ship well. It originated near Dubuque, Iowa, and has 

 not been tested farther north thau Houston county, where it is suc- 

 ceeding well and is a regular and abundant bearer. 



Oct. 6th I received some plums from Mr. H. Becker, Winona 

 county, supposed to be seedlings from the Miner. Fruit large, 

 round-ovate, color deep red, dotted with white, skin thick, flesh 

 firm, with a sweet peachy flavor. Trees not old enough to prove 

 their hardiness. 



Mr. H. Knudson, of Springfield, Minn., has sent me by mail at 

 different times eleven varieties that he has selected from the groves 

 in his neighborhood and has under cultivation. As a whole the 

 collection is excellent, and covers a period of five or six weeks. 



The first received is named Harvest plum. Size large, form 



