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Frank Holsinger, eastern Kansas, who grows many plums 

 for the Kansas City market, recommends Pottawattamie, Wild- 

 goose, Wickson, Weaver, Red June, Wolf. 



E. P. Bernardin, southeastern Kansas, prefers Wildgoose, 

 Miner, Pottawattamie. 



R. Bradley, central Kansas, grows Abundance, Burbank, 

 Wickson, Red June, Wildgoose, Pottawattamie, Milton. 



The preponderance of Wildgoose and its kin in 

 these lists is striking. It may be recalled that this is 

 the home of the Wildgoose. This variety, with its 

 near relatives, and some of its new hybrid progeny, 

 may be safely recommended as the best market plums 

 for this section. 



Maryland, Virginia and adjacent territory. — The 

 Japanese varieties have been largely tested in this sec- 

 tion, and a number of market growers have been suc- 

 cessful with them. Most of the Japanese varieties, 

 however, are very badly affected with the fruit rot 

 here, and have been discarded from many orchards on 

 that account. Native sorts, particularly of the Wild- 

 goose, Chicasaw and Wayland groups, do very well, 

 but the local markets do not seem to be so hospitable 

 to the fruit as might be wished. 



J. W. Kerr recommends for the eastern shore of Maryland 

 the following list : Milton, Munson, Whitaker, Smiley, Dunlap, 

 Newman, Roulette, Downing, Clifford. Cluck, Sophie, Wooten, 

 Beaty, Lonestar, Prairie Flower, Idall, Indiana. 



H. E. Van Deman of the maritime counties of Virginia 

 recommends Whitaker, Milton, Newman, Abundance, Bur- 

 bank, Wickson, Golden Beauty. 



J. S. Breece, Fayetteville, N. C, names Ogon, Abundance 

 and Chabot. 



Georgia, Tennessee, Oklahoma and southward. — 

 In this section the Domesticas and Americanas, with a 

 few exceptions, are total failures. The Japanese plums 

 have been widely tested and are extensively grown by 

 some persons. The Wildgoose, Chicasaw and Way- 

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