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far north as Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ontario and 

 Vermont. 



Wayland group. An opinion seems to prevail 

 among pomologists that the Wayland-like varieties as 

 a whole are somewhat less hardy than those of the bet- 

 ter-known Wildgoose group. Statistics give no 

 ground for this belief. Several varieties are of south- 

 ern origin, and one or two, like the common Golden 

 Beauty, appear to be slightly less hardy than Wild- 

 seems to be true of Wayland and others. Even Golden 



DIAGRAM SHOWING APPROXIMATE NORTHERN LIMIT OF THE 

 SUCCESSFUL CULTURE OF WILDGOOSE AND OTHER PLUMS. 



be measurably hardier than Wildgoose, and the same 

 seems to be true of Wayland and others. Even Golden 

 Beauty, which has been growing three years on the 

 grounds of the Vermont Experiment station, seems to 

 be as hardy here as leading Japanese, Domestica and 

 Wildgoose varieties. It seems fair, therefore, for the 

 present at least, to let the limit traced for Wildgoose 

 stand also for the varieties of the Wayland group. 



Chicasaw group. These are generally held to be 

 our most tender varieties. Pottawattamie, however, 



