NEW PLUMS AND PRUNES 131 



inch in diameter, beautiful crimson, with shades 

 and dots of yellow. Flesh pure deep yellow, 

 firm, with a rich cranberry flavor, but sweeter, 

 and when ripe very good. Ripens August 15. 

 The youngest, as well as the oldest, trees literally 

 cover themselves with fruit, which keeps remark- 

 ably. Probably the most productive and best of 

 all the 'Iron Clad,' extremely hardy dwarf 

 plums." 



As this variety has not been introduced long 

 enough to get reports from growers in various 

 parts of the country, it is not possible to say just 

 how valuable it will prove to be. Its hardiness, 

 however, is well established, for it has been grown 

 in North Dakota, where the young trees have 

 endured a temperature which no other plum had 

 been able to live through. 



This work of developing hardy fruits for the 

 colder sections is being pushed by other workers. 

 Professor N. E. Hansen, of the South Dakota 

 Experiment Station, has been working for many 

 years, especially in crossing the Sand Cherry 

 with some of my best hybrid plums and with 

 other varieties. He has been successful in pro- 

 ducing several good hardy varieties. 



It is to be hoped that others will enter into this 

 work, as hardy plums are much needed in many 

 northern regions of our country. 



