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PLUMS. 



EUROPEAN VARIETIES. 



Flant 16 to 18 feel apart each way— 110 or 134 trees per acre. 



Tliese varieties should be given heavy soil. The carculio must be baffled by jariing or repelled by smudging, 

 to save tlie crop: and the " black knot" removed from all trees, as soou as it makes its appearance, and burned. 



On Plum Stocks. First class, ea., 25c; doz., $2,50; 100, $15.00. 



BRADSHAW (Black Imperial). Very large; 

 viuiet-red: juicy: vigorous: productive. Early. 



dark 



handsome, yel- 

 good bearer. 



GOE S GOLDEN DROP. Large; 

 low; tirm, rich, sweet, popular; hardy and 

 Late. 



GERMAN PRUNE. Medium, oval; purple, firm, 

 rich, sweet: a good grower and productive. Midseason. 



IMPERIAL GAGE {Prince's Imijerial). Large, 

 n\;il: greenish: juicv, rich, excellent; productive, prolit- 

 ab;e. 



LOMBARD. Medium, oval: violet-red: flesh yellow, 

 juicy, sugary: a great bearer: profitable. Midseason. 



MOORE'S ARCTIC. Medium, purplish black, juicy, 

 sweet, and pleasant. Tigorous, hardy, and productive. 



QU ACKENBOSS. Large; deep purple: flesh coarse, 

 juicy, sprightly: a rapid grower, productive. Midseason. 



REINE CLAUDE (fie Bavay). Large, greenish- 

 yellow; juicy, sugary, rich, extra fine: productive. Late. 



SHROPSHIRE DAMSON. An improvement upon 

 and double the size of the common Damson. 



YELLOW EGG (Magnum Bonuvi). Very large: 

 vellow; juicy, rich; vigorous, productive, and profitable. 

 Early. 



LINCOLN, 



Of the EuroiJeau family, and decidedly the finest 

 Plum of its class — enormous in size, showy in appear- 

 ance, delicious in quality, excessive in bearing. It is 

 the largest in size of all hardy plums, average speci- 

 mens measuring 2}4 inches long and over 6 inches 

 around; weighing over two ounces — the finest in qual- 

 ity of any plum we have ever tested, wonderfully 

 profific, the plums hanging like ropes of onions upon 

 the branches; beautiful in form and color, very early in 

 ripening, and curculio-proof, in so far that the stings of 

 the insect do not seem to affect it injuriously. In color 

 it is a reddish purple, with a delicate bloom, very bright, 

 showy, and attractive: flesh light yellow or amber, ex- 

 ceedingly juicy, rich, sweet, melting, and luscious— en- 

 tirely free from any coarseness or toughness — parting 

 freely from the stone. It ripens from the first to the 

 middle of Atigust, and its productiveness is simply be- 

 vond description. 1st c, ea., 35c: 3 for fl.OO: doz., 

 $3.50: 100, $25.00. 



JAPANESE VARIETIES. 



Plant at same distances as Peaches. 

 These are a revelation in plum ctilture. They grow so quickly, come into bearing so early, — at two and tliiee 

 years old from bud, — yield so heavily, and the fruit is so large, fine, and luscious, that they should be in every gardt u 



and orchard. They can be grown as cheaply and as 

 easily as peaches, and all are entirely hardy. All free- 

 stones, except as noted. First class, ea., 25c; doz., $2.50; 

 100, %l2.m—eycept as noted. 



ABUNDANCE. The most productive of all. Large 

 and showy: amber turning to bright cherry; flesh yel- 

 low, juicy, tender, highly perfumed. Early, 



BUR BANK. Medium to large; dark purplish-red; 

 flesh yellow, melting rich, sugary. Midseason. 



HALE. The largest of all; orange-yellow, nearly cov- 

 ered with cherry-red; flesh yellow, firm, delicious; a good 

 keeper. Late. 



RED JUNE. 3Iedium to large, deep purplish-red; 

 flesh yellow, firm, meaty, best quality; half cling. Very 

 early.' 



WICKSON. Very large, rich carmine; flesh yellow, 

 firm, sugary, delicious; extra fine, and a long keeper. 

 Lute. 



LOVETT (Fourth of July Plum) 



The most luscious of all plums, and tmdoubtedly by f:ir 

 the most valuable of its class. It is seldom that so many 

 distinct and valualjle projierties are united in a single 

 variety. First, it is of great value by reason of its ex- 

 treme earliness — riiDening at Monmouth from July 1st to 

 15th — long in advance of any other plum, and jtistly en- 

 titling it to the appellation Fourth of July, Second, by 

 reason of its superior quality, surpassing the Abundance 

 and all other plums in cultivation. ThirJ, by reason tif 

 its superior keeping and shipping projjerties: never rot- 

 ting till long after fully ripe, and equaling an apricot as 

 a shipper and keeper. Fourth, as a cropper it is un- 

 paralleled; yielding enormous crops every year. Fifth, 

 it is practically curculio-proof. The plums are bright 

 red, deepening to maroon next the sun. with light blue 

 bloom; round, slightly ovate, with an indistinct suture. 

 IJo to 2 inches long by 134 to 1=54 inches thick, and so 

 highly perfumed when fully ripe that a handful of them 

 , - will fill a whole room with" their fragrance. Flesh yel- 



low, lirm, parting from th/. stone freely, exceedingly rich, sweet, vinous, melting, and luscious, with no acrid 

 taste in slrin or at the stone. Stone small and nearly round. In vigor of growtli or beauty and richness of foliage 

 It excels all other plums and equals the Kiefter Pear, ' 1st c, ea. 35c; 3 for $1.00; doz., a3.50;' 100, $25.00. 



