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A. A. Halladay, southern Vermont, recommends Burbank, 

 Abundance, Lombard, Red June. 



D. C. Hicks, southern Vermont, recommends Lombard, 

 Bradshaw, Pond, Gueii, Shropshire, Jefferson, Quackenboss, 

 Grand Duke. 



Professor S. T. Maynard, central Massachusetts, recom- 

 mends Bradshaw, Gueii, Kingston, German Prune, Wildgoose, 

 Abundance, Burbank. 



H. L. Fairchild, Connecticut, recommends Burbank, Sat- 

 suma, Red June, Chabot, Abundance. 



New York, Northern Ohio, Southern Ontario, 

 Southern Michigan and Central Pennsylvania. — The 

 Domesticas rule here. The Japanese varieties, how- 

 ever, are successfully grown by numerous adherents. 

 The list of varieties specially recommended for market 

 by the American Pomological society are Bavay, Brad- 

 shaw, Damson (sic !) , Diamond, German Prune, Grand 

 Duke, Gueii, Imperial Gage, Italian Prune, Kingston, 

 Lombard, Quackenboss, Yellow Egg, Abundance, 

 Burbank, Chabot, Red June. 



S. D. Willard, Geneva, New York, an extensive grower of 

 plums for market, recommends Bavay, Grand Duke, Arch 

 Duke, Monarch, Diamond, French Damson, Red June, 

 Burbank. 



W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, New York, large growers of 

 plums, recommend Golden Drop, Bavay, Pond, Burbank, Dia- 

 mond, Quackenboss, Shropshire, Italian Prune. 



C. E. Hunn, Cornell Experiment station, gives the follow- 

 ing list : Bavay, Lombard, Shipper, German Prune, Red June, 

 Abundance. Burbank. 



S. A. Beach, experiment station, Geneva, New York, "sug- 

 gests for consideration" the following: Early Rivers, Brad- 

 shaw, Diamond, Hudson, Italian Prune, French Damson, 

 Monarch, Grand Duke, Copper, Bavay, Czar, Gueii, Burbank. 



W. Paddock, experiment station, Geneva, recommends 

 Bavay, Field, Hudson, Bradshaw, Italian Prune, Diamond, 

 King of Damsons. 



Professor George C. Butz, State College, Pennsylvania, 

 gives the following list : German Prune, Green Gage, Arctic, 

 Lombard, Damson. 



Professor L. R. Taft, southern Michigan, recommends 

 Field, Bradshaw, Lombard, Gueii, Grand Duke, Diamond, 



