The New Santa Rosa Plum 



of Mr. Burbank's discoveries) has found a congenial existence in so cold a climate 

 as Minnesota and portions of Canada, which leads us to believe that the "Santa 

 Rosa" is destined to win a place equally advantageous. Hence it is well worthy 

 of trial culture wherever plums are found to grow and produce fruit. As to 

 general treatment, that is much a matter of location, which will suggest itself 

 by the general practice with plum trees under prevailing local conditions. 



Blooming and Fruiting. The Santa Rosa plum in California is considered 

 a medium early bloomer, and it is presumed it will maintain this characteristic 

 quite generally wherever planted. In this state it has never failed to yield an 

 abundant crop, though until the past two years, it is as yet but sparingly intro- 

 duced. 



Quality and Value of Fruit. The superb market quality of the Santa Rosa 

 plum has never been equaled. As a shipping fruit it is the peer of them all, 

 "standing up" under the most trying conditions. The plums are a deep purplish 

 crimson with a pale blue bloom, each fruit averaging six inches in circumference 

 each way; the flesh near the skin is purple shaded with rosy scarlet and pale 

 amber towards the stone, which is quite small; the eating quality is unequaled, 

 rich, fragrant, delicious, surpassingly exquisite; ripens with the earliest, nearly 

 a week before Climax and Red June, and two weeks earlier than the Burbank. 

 The Santa Rosa has been so thoroughly tested that we feel certain that every 

 grower who will plant and care for the trees properly, and whose soil and climate 

 afford good plum conditions, will, if he plants this grand plum, find that we have 

 not exaggerated its fine qualities. 



Habit of Growth. The tree is a strong, vigorous, upright grower. In habit 

 it much resembles the ever popular Wickson with even larger and more abundant 

 foliage, thus affording ample protection to the fruit. The period after planting 

 at which it will bear depends on prevailing conditions of soil and climate. It 

 is Mr. Burbank's experience that in favorable situations it will yield fifty pounds 

 of fruit when the trees are three years of age; this will of course be more or less 

 modified by the character of the soil, climate, care and cultivation given an 

 orchard. 



Judge S. F. Lieb of San Jose, a prominent grower and a recognized authority 

 on fruit culture, has given this plum a thorough test, and writes as follows touching 

 on its many admirable qualities : 



San Jose, Cal., October 10, 1906. 

 Fancher Creek Nurseries, Fresno, Cal., 



Gentlemen : Your favor of the 29th at hand. I have had the Santa Rosa plum fruiting 

 in an experimental way for four or five years; I have therefore tested it out very thoroughly. 



Everything considered, I am of the opinion that it is by all odds the finest all around plum 

 Mr. Burbank has yet produced, and I have kept close track of all of them. It is a fine grower, 

 the wood is very tough and the limbs will not break. It is a sure and regular bearer and bears 

 always most abundantly. It does not have any off years. The fruit runs remarkably fine, even in 

 size and astonishingly smooth and clear of any defects. It is beautiful, delicious and a very fine 

 carrier to Eastern markets. It will keep well in hot weather for a week after it is ripe, so thero 

 is no occasion to pick it half ripe in order to ship. 



I intend to plant it very largely myself, and to the exclusion of all other shipping plums. 



'This grand plum has been so thoroughly tested," writes Mr. Burbank, 

 "that we offer it as above, knowing that all will be pleased with it." 



