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J. T. LOVETT, LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 



PLUMS. 



Plant from i6 to i8 feet apart each way — 1J4 or ijo trees per acre. 



JAPANESE VARIETIES. 



First class, 5 to 6 feet, each 25c.; doz., $2.50; 

 100, 115.00 



Medium, 3 to 5 feet, each, 20c.; doz., $2.00; 100, 

 $10.00. 



Abundance. — Large; skin lemon-yellow, shaded 

 with dark carmine; flesh orange-yellow, of rich 

 flavor and highly perfumed. An annual and 

 abundant bearer. Early. 



Burb&.nk. — Large, nearly globular; clear cherry 

 red, with lilac bloom; flesh deep yellow and very 

 sweet. Tree vigqrous and an early bearer. 



Ch&.bot. — Medium; brick-red color, juicy and 

 sweet. A desirable variety. 



Hale. — The largest of all; orange-yellow, nearly 

 covered with cherry-red; flesh yellow, firm, de- 

 licious; a good keeper. Late. 



Red June. — Medium to large, deep purplish-red, 

 with handsome bloom; flesh yellow, firm and of 

 the best quality. A good market variety. Very 

 early. 



Wickson. — A strong upright grower, and one of 

 the best Japan plums. Very large, deep cherry 

 red, very juicy with small pit. Valuable for its 

 good keeping qualities. Late. 



EUROPEAN VARIETIES. 



These varieties should be planted on heavy soil. 



First class, 5 to 7 ft., each, 40c.; doz., $4.00. 



Bavay's Green Gage {Reine Claude de Bavay). — 

 Fruit large, roundish oval; skin greenish, marked 

 with red in the sun, flesh yellow, juicy, rich. Tree 

 vigorous aud productive. September. 



Bradshsww {Black Imperial). — Very large; dark 

 violet-red, juicy, vigorous, productive. A popular 

 variety. August. 



Coe's Golden Crop. — Large and handsome, light 

 yellow, firm, rich and sweet; a good bearer. Sep- 

 tember. 



German Prune. — A large, long, oval variety, 

 dark purple; esteemed for drying; good grower 

 and productive. September. 



Imperie.1 Gag'e {Princess Imperial). — Fruit large, 

 oval; skin pale green; flesh juicy, sweet and rich. 

 Very productive. August. 



Lombd^rd. — Medium, oval; violet-red, juicy and 

 pleasant. Vigorous and productive. A valuable 

 market variety. August. 



Moore's Arctic. — Remarkable for hardiness. 

 Medium, dark purple, with a fine flavor. One of 

 the most profitable for market. August. 



Quswckenboss. — Large, deep purple, flesh some- 

 what coarse, juicy and sprightly. Productive. 

 September. 



Shipper's Pride. — Large, dark purple, very 

 showy, measuring two inches in diameter ; fine, 

 juicy and sweet. Good market variety. Septem- 

 ber. 



Shropshire Dewm^on.— Superior to the common 

 Damson, better grower and bearer, dark purple, 

 best for preserving; quality fine. September. 



Yellow Eg'g' {Magmim Bonum). — Very large, 

 deep gold color, with a white bloom, juicy, some- 

 what acid, but excellent for cooking. August. 



GOLDEN JAPAN. 



The Abundance Plum, which was named and 

 introduced by me to American growers, has sus- 

 tained the claims made for it when first offered. It 

 is not only the first reliable curculio-proof variety 

 and the forerunner of the host of Japanese plums 

 which have since appeared, but has done much 

 toward making plum culture popular and profit- 

 able in many parts of the United States where 

 plums were never before successfully grown. Of 

 the great number of Japanese plums which have 

 appeared since the advent of the Abundance, 

 Golden Japan is the only one that is really superior 



to it. It is of mammoth size, much larger than 

 Abundance, of firmer, drier flesh, equally rich and 

 high in quality and ripens two weeks earlier. Fruit 

 is egg-shaped, of a beautiful golden yellow with 

 yellow flesh; does not rot upon the tree, is a good 

 keeper and is entirely curculio-proof — even more 

 so than Abundance. Tree a strong, upright grower, 

 with abundant foliage, an early and marvelously 

 prolific bearer. Its fruit as grown in New Jersey 

 with but ordinary culture equals in size and beauty 

 the finest California plums and is ''far and away'' 

 superior in quality. First class, each, 75c.; doz., 

 ^7.50. 



CLIMAX. 



Well named the " King of Plums." Very early, 

 of immense size; fruit heart-shaped, dark red; tree 

 vigorous and productive. A most promising new 

 variety. First-class, each, 60c.; doz., $6.00. 



Franklin Co., Pa., April 17, 1903. 



The gooseberry bushes came to hand in good condition, and 

 are very satisfactory. J. P. Keefer. 



