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Gneii. — Tree rutlicr a bushy grower; fairly productive. 

 Fruit small, sour; not of the best quality. 



Hand. — Tree a large, strong grower; shapely ; notably unpro- 

 ductive. Fruit large, fine, showy. This variety is certainly not 

 worth planting, the objection being its unproductive character. 



Lincoln. — Tree not very strong or sound, and fruit not of 

 very good quality. Not to be recommended, on the basis of our 

 experience. 



McLauglilin. — Tree unhealthy and a poor grower; not bear- 

 ing very heavily. Fruit not so smooth and highly colored as 

 in some sections, but still of very fine quality. In spite of its 

 imperfections of tree, this variety is worth growing on account 

 of its high quality; it would not be profitable in a market 

 orchard. 



Moore's Ai'ctic. — Tree vigorous, upright, strong, hardy; pro- 

 ductive, and coming fairly early into bearing. Fruit small; 

 rather poor quality. 



Peter'' s Yelloiv Gage. — Tree not very vigorous or hardy ; a 

 slow grower. Fruit small, and not very good for this variety. 



Pond. — Tree large, strong grower ; fairly productive. Fruit 

 large and excellent, but very much subject to rot, and unprofit- 

 able on that account. 



Quackenhos. — A very good, medium-sized tree, fairly pro- 

 ductive. Fruit medium size ; clean and fair quality for one of 

 the small blue plums. This is probably the best of the so-called 

 blue plums, with possibly the exception of Englebert. 



Reine Claude. — Tree an irregular grower ; not very vigorous, 

 and only moderately productive. Fruit medium size and quality 

 for this variety; considerably subject to rot. This takes the 

 place of the old-fashioned Green Gage, being a larger, better 

 and later variety. It is a very fine plum for canning, but could 

 not be profitably grown for the market in this locality. 



Saratoga. — Our single tree of this variety is small, and not 

 very productive; unpromising. 



Smith'' s Orleans. — Tree moderate size, somewhat irregular 

 in growth; moderately productive. Fruit not so large or fine 

 as it should be in this variety. 



Tragedy. — AVe have only one tree of this variety, just coming 

 into bearing; promising. 



Victoria. — Tree moderately large ; irregular in growth ; mod- 

 erately productive. Fruit of medium size and excellent quality ; 

 somewhat subject to rot. 



Washington. — In almost all respects like Hand, which see. 



