. Nursery stock from the far north. Nursery stock Minnesota Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. JO THE JEWELL NURSERY COMPANY, LAKE CITY, MINN. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, August 18. I enclose order for 20 trees, two years old, 5 to 6 feet high, of Aitkin plums for my orchard. I should like to plant at least 50 trees, as it is the largest American Plum I know of. When these native Plums come to be better known they will out-sell the half-ripe trash shipped into our large cities from the Pacific coast. You and any others who introduce such Plums as t
. Nursery stock from the far north. Nursery stock Minnesota Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. JO THE JEWELL NURSERY COMPANY, LAKE CITY, MINN. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, August 18. I enclose order for 20 trees, two years old, 5 to 6 feet high, of Aitkin plums for my orchard. I should like to plant at least 50 trees, as it is the largest American Plum I know of. When these native Plums come to be better known they will out-sell the half-ripe trash shipped into our large cities from the Pacific coast. You and any others who introduce such Plums as the Aitkin, are doing a great work for horti- » culture in our prairie regions. A. B. Dennis, Horticulturist. The Northwestern Farmer of St. Paul says: The Ue Soto has long been the standard by which native plums have been measured, both as to size and quality, hence plums picked on the same date, growing under similar conditions and averaging four times as large as the De Soto naturally inspire one with a desire to know more of the variety. Well ripened specimens of the new Aitkin Plum submitted August 9th confirm all the good things that have been said of it. The general appearance is very attractive, and the quality good. These, added to the fact that the tree is both hardy and prolific, make up the sum of good qualities necessary to recommend it for the family garden or the commercial orchard. Windom, Minn., June 22. The sample of Plums you sent me for comparison, on the 19th inst., was received O. K. and carefully noted. The Aitkin was from six to ten times larger than' either the Weaver, Wolf, De Soto or Hawkeye. In comparing the Aitkin with the Cheney andseveral of the Manitoba varieties which are noted for their early devlopment, we found the Aitkin much larger than any of them. From what I know of it I believe it to be a decided advance over any plum I know of, and the most promising variety known for Northern planters. I will also say that you may consider yourselves
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