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THE BEST PLUMS. 



Carpenter — U. L. Moore is absent and has not sent in his paper ; 

 let us talk on plums for a few minutes anyway. 



Youngers — Wild Goose, Forest Garden, and Miner are the best 

 three. 



Day — I am sorry he stole my thunder; I was just going to say 

 that myself. 



Carpenter — Have you tried the De Soto. 



Day — Yes ; it is a shy bearer with me ; the Miner has to be fertil- 

 ized with some other variety ; the Wolf winter killed, it is not nearly 

 so hardv as the Mariana. 



Barnard — The Wolf is full of fruit with us. The Mariana is 

 hardy so far as tree goes, but it is no good for fruit as it never bears^ 



Carpenter — The Mariana is no good except for stock on which 

 to bud other varieties ; grows readily from cuttings, does not sprout 

 from the root, and "takes' 7 buds well. The Wolf with us is full of 

 fruit, but we have to travel a long time to find a better plum than the 

 Wild Goose. There is no curculio proof plum, although the Botan,. 

 a new Japanese plum, approaches nearly thereto. 



President — I asked a certain man not long ago, who is interested 

 in the Mariana, how it was succeeding and he said, "Oh, the tree is 

 doing first rate — but there is not much fruit" I tried the Prunus 

 Simonii top-worked into Miner, but they never fruited; then I budded 

 some into native stocks with no better success. 



Carpenter — I expect to have some Prunus Simonii at the State 

 Fair this fall that will be fully as large as a Jonathan apple; they 

 will come from Utah. 



A Voice — If we didn't know you, Mr. Carpenter, we wouldn't 

 believe that ! (Laughter.) r 



Youngers — We sell all our plums at three to four dollars per 

 bushel ; last year we received ten dollars from one Miner plum tree. 



President — I think the Quaker is a good plum that is over- 

 looked. I have several trees of that variety and I don't believe I 

 ever made more money off any fruit than those few Quaker plum, 

 trees produced. 



