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No. 3 is an excellent plum for late ripening ; it is yellow in color, 

 almost transparent before ripening but turns to a very dark red when 

 fully ripe; the skin looks as smooth and glossy as if it had been 

 varnished ; equal to the Wild Goose for table use but hardly so large. 



The second year I was in Nebraska I found along a branch of 

 Prairie creek a blue plum that I thought was the finest plum I had 

 ever seen. It was large as the Damson and of a delicious flavor. At 

 that time I was not much interested in fruit growing as I had been 

 told that we could not grow anything but wild plum and wild grape 

 in this part of the state, and I neglected to mark the trees ; since that 

 time the tent caterpillar has kept the trees clean of fruit in that part 

 of the county. 



I am fully satisfied that we have wild plums on the Platte valley 

 that with the proper care and cultivation can be made equal to any of 

 the tame plums. A friend of mine told me the other day he had a 

 wild plum that he had taken a premium on at the fair at Kearney 

 last fall. 



The worms and black-knot have destroyed a great many of the 

 plum bushes on the Platte. In the last five years I have them pretty 

 nearly cleaned out of my orchard. I haven't seen a black-knot or 

 bunch on my trees for the last two years and I had lots of them three 

 and four years ago. The curculio did not bother the three varieties 

 of plums I have described to you. 



I have had very poor success with the tame plums in the winter ;. 

 the last year's growth would kill back. I hav6 the Wild Goose,. 

 planted eight years ago ; we got a few plums from them last year for 

 the first time ; also a few Weavers. I have several other varieties 

 but they have not fruited yet. I planted six trees that I bought for 

 Weaver and Miner and they were full of plums this year, not much 

 larger than a Morello cherry ; had a small pit and were excellent for 

 the table, but the tree always killed back before last winter. 



I don't know of any one who is having any success with the tame 

 plum near me. It looks as though we shall have to fall back on our 

 wild plums if we get any. 



DISCUSSION. 



Day — How do you kill black-knot? 



Hogg — I cut off all the affected parts, and whenever I notice ap- 



