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THE EVOLUTION OP OUR NATIVE FRUITS 



about 1862 by H. C. Raymond, Council Bluffs, and 

 by him named Quaker, in compliment to Mr. Bundy, 

 who is a Quaker. It is a very large purple-red plum, 

 with very firm and sweet flesh. 



De Soto is one of the most popular plums in the 

 Northwest. It was found wild on the Mississippi 



Fig. 24. Forest Garden plum. Natura 



at De Soto, Wisconsin, and generally introduced by 

 Elisha Hale, Lansing, Iowa, in 1863 or 1864. 



Forest Garden (Fig. 24), another excellent kind, 

 was taken from the woods at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by 

 Thomas Hare, and introduced by H. C. Raymond, of the 

 Forest Garden Nurseries, Council Bluffs, about 1862. 



Cheney was found in Mormon Ravine, a few miles 



