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question up. Two or three varieties of the Japanese phims 

 have been introduced within the past ten years, and promise 

 to be very vahiable in soutliern New England. It is a little 

 questionable whether they will do well in the more northern 

 sections, as the wood is somewhat tender. It has been a 

 little injured in Connecticut once or twice, l)ut not 

 seriously. Where the wood of those plums will stand 

 our climate, I believe they will prove to be the most profit- 

 alile and reliable plums that we have. The yellow Botan 

 had the name Aljundance given to it simply to make it sell 

 better. That was a trick of the nursery trade, not legit- 

 imate by any means, but it has got that name attached 

 to it, and probably it will keep the name Al)undance. The 

 Satsuma, which is a red-fleshed plum all through, solid and 

 meaty, with a very small pit, and the Burbank, introduced 

 into this country by Luther Burl)ank of Santa Rosa, Cal., 

 give very good promise of being of great value. They 

 have not, as far as I know, anywhere in New England 

 developed the black-knot, and they seem to be less suscep- 

 tible to attack by the curculio. But now we have learned 

 how to get ]"id of the curculio by spraying, so we do not care 

 very much for that. 



Question. Do you find that there is a liability of these 

 varieties of plums blooming so early that the spring frost 

 will injure them? 



Mr. Vincent. I have noticed that they bloom earlier than 

 the Green Gage. 



Mr. Hale. If there is any doul)t about the permanency 

 of these fruits liere in New England, it may 1)e that they will 

 bloom a little early, and occasionally sufler somewhat from 

 spring frost. 



]\Ir. ViNCEXT. I set out a hundred trees last spring, and 

 think I shall set another hundn^d next spring. They m;ide 

 a rapid growth, and have done very well. 



Mr. W. II. BowKEii (of Boston). This section around 

 here is the best dairy section in Massachusetts. The rich 

 land is all on the top of these 1)eautifully rounded hills. I 

 ha})})en to have a farm on o)w of these hills, not more than 

 twelve miles from here. I have an apple orchard on it, and 

 the ground is so rich that I am getting poor fruit. It is so 



