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HARRISON'S NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. 



•Green Gage — Small; yellowish green; flesh pale 

 ^reen, melting, juicj', exceedingly sweet and rich, and 

 unequalled in flavor; one of the richest and best fla- 

 vored plums ; separates from the stone ; growth slow, 

 and young trees are hard to raise iu moist localities. 

 AUifust 



Lombard — Medium size, oval, violet red, flesh yel- 

 low, juicy and pleasant. A great bearer and peculiarly 

 adapted to light soils. Tree vigorous and hardy, suc- 

 ceeds when most other varieties fail. The most pop- 

 ular and profitable plum under general cultivation. 

 Last of August. 



Normand — Strong, upright growing tree ; very pro 

 ductive; fruit medium to large; skin golden yellow 

 with a slight blush — a beauty; flesh firm, yellow, of 

 high quality; small pit. Ripens with or just after 

 Burbank, and is the most valuable of the yellow vari- 

 eties. 



October Purple — Propagated by Luther Burbank, 

 of California. Fruit large and uniform in size; color 

 a dark, rich maroon ; stone small; flavor fine. Tree a 

 finegrower. Ripens middle of September. Should be 

 in every collection. 



PrunusSimoni — (Apricot Plum) — A distinct species 

 from China. Growth erect; flowers small, white, ap- 

 pearing early in the Spring; fruit large, flattened, of 

 the size and appearance of a Nectarine, and of a brick 

 red color; flesh yellow, with a peculiar aromatic 

 flavor. 



Red June — A vigorous, hard, upright, spreading 

 tree, as productive as Abundance; fruit medium to 

 large; deep vermillion red, with handsome bloom, 

 verj- showy; flesh light lemon yellow, slightly sub- 

 acid of good and pleasant quality, half cling, pit 

 small. Ripens a few days after WiUard and is best in 

 quality of any of the early varieties, August 1st. 



Shropshire Damson — An improvement on the 

 common Damson, being of the largest size of its class; 

 dark purple; highly esteemed for preserving; tree 

 vigorous and enormously productive. September. 



RED JUNE. 



Satsuma — Large; skin dark purplish red, 

 mottled with blush bloom, Shape globular or 

 sharp point; flesh firm, jnicy, dark red and 

 well flavored; quality very good: pit small. 

 Tree very vigorous. August. 



Wild Goose — Medium size; oblong; bright 

 vermilion red; juicy, sweet, of good quality; 

 cling; productive, and nearlvproof against the 

 curcuHo. The most profitable variety for mt.r- 

 ket in the South, and deser^-es more extensive 

 planting there, as well as in the Middle States. 

 July. 



Willard— Medium size, round, not point- 

 ed; color dark, clear red, with minute yel- 

 low dots; yellow fleshed, sweet and of fair 

 quality. The earliest profitable market plum 

 yet tested. The tree is very distinct and hardy 

 and matures the foliage earlier than any other 

 Japanese variety-, which is quite an import- 

 mt feature with this race of plums. 



Wickson — This plum was originated by 

 7,uther Burbank. Among the many thous- 

 .nds _this_one stands pre-eminent in its rare 

 r-ombination of good qualities — a sturdy, up- 

 right grower, productive almost to a "fault; 

 fruit handsome, deep maroon red; fe^h fine, 

 texture firm, will keep two weeks after ripe. 

 September. 



Maryland. April 6, 1904. 

 Mr. J. G. Harrison & Sons. 



Dear Sirs; — Accept my sin- 

 cere thanks for the trees and 

 plants, which arrived O. K, a few 

 da^-s ago. They are as fine as 

 I ever saw. 



Yours respectfully, 



Richard H. K. Gill. 



R. H. K. GILL. 



Ohio, April 29, 19C4. 

 Dear Sirs : — Plants came yes- 

 terdaj- in good condition. Have 

 them nicely heeled in until it 

 quits raining and ground in con- 

 dition. Can't patronize you 

 much longer as I am old and 

 broken down and take this op- 

 portunity to say that I have al- 

 ways been well pleased with 

 what I have got of j-ou and have 

 taken pleasure in rec jmmending 

 you to others, Ycurs. 



W. P. Wolf. 



