Center Point, Iowa 
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Plums 
No other fruit has a. greater variety of uses, or is capable of satisfying a ereater 
vanety of tastes than the. plum. It is in its native element in Iowa soil and 
tins section having been favored with many choice varieties in its primitive state. ' 
Surprise. 
Varieties We are making this fruit a specialty and our experimental orchard is 
whi,f l Igh \ Up , t0 th€ Z reS ? nt - We have P lanted " n * about ZTetL , most o? 
which have been discarded. It is our aim to test all varieties which come well rec- 
ommended and propagate only the best. By careful selection one may enjoj fresh 
plums from early July until late October y J y 
How Propagated. All our plum trees are budded or grafted on native phim 
seedlings, which experience has proved are the only stock! which are sufficiently 
hardy to stand the severe winters of this climate. suuicienuj 
Cultivation. If you give them your best land and as thorough and frequent 
cultivation as you do your cornfield or garden you will succeed. Clean cultivation is 
one of the best remedies for the plum curculio. Where cultivation is impracticable 
poultry will destroy most of the curculio if allowed to run among the trees 
Grouping. We have made four groups of plums, based on their origin. 
Whitnker. 
