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every way, and in my opinion that plum is bound to come to the 

 front some day, and you will hear more of it than you do now. 



The next is the Orient. That is very similar to the one I 

 have just named. It is a good plum, and it ought to be better 

 known. 



Then I will name that fraud of frauds called the Simons. 

 That is a fraud clean through. It is no good for anything at 

 all. If you have anything in the fruit line that is bad in your 

 neighborhood, multiply it by a hundred and you have the 

 Simons. 



The next I will name is the Normand. There we have 

 something that is later in the yellow line. It is a greenish yel- 

 low. It is a fair-sized plum, and about the best of all the yellow 

 plums. It is good in quality, and if any of you want a good 

 plum for canning, or to eat, it will not do any harm to plant a 

 tree or two of Golden Normand. It is all right for such purpose 

 for home use, but the color is against it for a market plum. 



The next is the Juicy. It is well named. It is an enormous 

 bearer, every year and all the time, but don't plant it, as it is 

 nothing more or less than a plaything. 



Now I will name the best of all this line of plums, namely 

 the Wickson. That is a tree that grows broad. I believe there 

 is some Simons blood in it. I hope there is not, as it is a good 

 plum. It is one of the Burbank productions and is a good plum. 

 I have thirty-four trees in bearing. When it fruited last year the 

 trees were loaded, and out of the lot I had a basket and a half, I 

 guess. It is a rampant grower. It grows up like an old- 

 fashioned poplar. It is a pretty fair plum, but it has one 

 peculiarity; I have noticed it both years. You pick one plum 

 and it will be very free, and perhaps the very next plum you pick 

 off will cling closer than a brother. It is contrary to the laws of 

 nature, and yet it is a fact. 



The last will be the Satsuma. That is a plum that rots 

 some, but is the best of them all as a canner. It is the full 

 Japan blood, dark crimson -red. It is very palatable. I rather 

 like it to eat myself, but when it comes to canning that is a 

 plum that will please the female portion of the household, — it is 

 the best canner in my opinion of them all. I have a good deal 

 of confidence in that plum. Some of the fruit men think it is a 



