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NOTES ON PLUM CULTURE. 
This orchard, as originally set, contained the following 
varieties: 
Coe’s Golden Drop. Prairie Flower. 
Wolf. Marion. 
Russian No. 2. Forest Garden. 
Miner. Little Blue Damson. 
We have no record of the planting, and do not know 
the year, or the original number of trees, or the source from 
which they were obtained. The original planting is now 
represented by 1, Coe’s Golden Drop; 29, Wolf; 1, Russian 
No. 2; 10, Miner, and 9, Prairie Flower. 
The following additions have been made: In 1894, 57 
varieties; in 1895, 10 varieties; in 1896, 1 variety; in 1897, 62 
varieties; in 1898, 31 varieties. The total number of varie¬ 
ties planted for trial is 169. Seventeen varieties have been 
lost through winter-killing, so that there are now living rep¬ 
resentatives of 152 varieties. Some.of these give no prom¬ 
ise of value and will be discarded. The number that have 
proved suited to our conditions is not large, and nearly all 
of them are of the American group. Detailed descriptions 
are given only of those varieties that are fruited. A few 
others are briefly mentioned. 
AMERICAN EAGLE. (Primus Americana.) 
Represented by nine trees planted in the spring of 1894. 
Trees well formed, spreading in habit, of moderate vigor. 
Leaves large; young stems and petioles densely puberulent. 
Bore heavily in 1897, followed by a light crop in 1898. Fruit 
large, round-oblong, dark red or mottled with small yellow 
spots; stem of medium length; skin thick; flesh firm, red¬ 
dish yellow, of excellent quality. Stone rather small for the 
size of the fruit, cling, rounded at apex, prolonged into a 
sharp point at stem end, strongly convex on the sides, mar¬ 
gin sharp, but not otherwise prominent. Ripe September 20. 
APRICOT. (Primus Americana.) 
Planted in 1894. Of bushy habit, forming a close, com¬ 
pact head. Leaves large, broad, sharply serrate, stalks pale 
red, pubescent. Fruit medium in size, round-oblong, color 
red, where shaded mottled red on yellow ground, bloom 
slight; suture inconspicuous, skin thick; flesh reddish-yellow, 
quite firm, juicy, sweet and of good flavor when fully ripe. 
Stone cling, rather large, flat, moderately pointed at both 
ends, no prominent margin, roughish. Ripe September 4. 
