Mr. W. W. Stell, Paris, Texas, says: "This plum is offered for sale in almost every fruit catalogue I receive; I wish to know if any one has ever fruited it and what of the quality of fruit, and at what age the tree bears? I do not believe it fruits at all; am led to this conclusion by the conduct of a seedling of the Wild Goose originated with me some seven years ago. This seedling in growth is precisely the same as the Blackman, so far as I can see, and it has never bloomed, and I do not believe it ever will. Some months ago I asked the above question through The Texas Farm and Ranch, and up to this time no one has given an affirmative answer, but the Horticultural Editor of Farm and Ranch agreed with me in the opinion that the Blackman plum does not bear fruit. Now if we are correct, should not the sale of this plum be stopped, and that at once? Are we as nurserymen doing our duty to disseminate fruit trees without first testing them?"