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Annals of Horticulture, 



Plums for Prairie States — 



White Otschakoff. 

 Yellow, 43 Fischer. 

 Yellow Aubert. 

 Red Aubert. 



Black Prune. 



Early Red. 



Hungary. 



Moldavka. 



All the above plums are 01 foreign origin. Concerning the • 

 native plums, Professor Budd writes as follows in the Prairie 

 Farmer of Nov. 23d, giving also some notes on foreign varie- 

 ties : 



' ' The recent trying winters and summers have given us much valuable 

 experience with the plum. Of the native varieties of the Americana 

 species, De Soto, Wolf, Cheney, Rollingstone and Wyant have given the 

 best satisfaction of those long on trial. All of these have proved regular 

 and bountiful bearers of really good fruit, and the curculio rarely thins the 

 crop of perfect specimens below the profitable standpoint. In size and 

 quality the De Soto, Wyant and Cheney we place in the front list. For 

 dessert use the Wyant is a fair substitute for the peach, when used uncooked 

 with cream and sugar, with the pit and skin removed. 



' ' Of the Chickasaw species, the Maquoketa, Forest Rose, and Pottawat- 

 tomie have proved hardiest in tree, the most regular in bearing, and the 

 best in quality. Of the native plums cooked at the station, last season, these 

 were pronounced better than any of the Americana varieties, by a majority 

 of testers. 



' ' Of the European species the variety long cultivated in this country that 

 has stood best, and borne the most regular crops of good fruit, is the Rich- 

 land, which is now receiving much attention in parts of Indiana, Illinois 

 and Iowa. 



"Of the varieties first introduced by the Iowa Agricultural College from 

 East Europe, the Early Red, Black Prune, Moldavka, Hungarian, Yellow 

 Aubert, and White Otschakoff, have been most favorably reported. Of 

 this list, the Early Red, Moldavka and Yellow Aubert have been most 

 widely fruited, and as yet have been most favorably reported over a great 

 part of the prairie states, and east of the Atlantic. 



£||"Such varieties as Green Gage, McLaughlin, Lawrence, Jefferson, Im- 

 perial Gage, Prince's Yellow Gage, Smith's Orleans, Reine Claude Bavay, 

 Bradshaw, and others, are found to be tender in tree, imperfect in foliage, 

 tender in fruit-bud, and worthless for general planting, or even trial by 

 amateurs in the northwest." 



Cherries for Southern Iowa — 



Abbesse de Oignies. Gros Gobet. 



Red Oranien. Red Muscateller. 



Amarelle Bunt. Double Glass. 



Duchesse de Angouleme. Vilne Sweet. 



Cherries for Central and Northern Iowa — 



Spate Amarelle. 

 Schattan Amarelle. 



Gros Lang Loth. 

 King's Amarelle. 



