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BAILY PLUM.— 40c. each; $4.00 per 

 aozen. 



BEECEMAN'S PLUM. — Fruit large, near- 

 ly round; skin green, with purple and blue 

 bloom; flesh, yellowish, firm and sugary. 

 Ripens June 20 to July 5. 40c. each; $4.00 

 per dozen. 



BUEBANK PLUM.— The best and most 

 profitable among- growers for market; ripens 

 ten to fourteen days after Abundance. 

 Tree hardy, sprawling, vigorous grower, 

 unequalled in productiveness; bears young. 

 Fruit large, excellent quality; cherry red 

 with lilac bloom. 40c. each; $4.00 per 

 dozen. 



EXCELSIOR PLUM.— The tree is a re- 

 markably rapid, strong grower, and bears 

 annually and abundantly. Fruit medium 

 to large, 1% inches in diameter, nearly 

 round, no suture, color deep solid wine- 

 red, with heavy light blush bloom; stem 

 short, skin firm and without astringency; 

 flesh firm, yellowish, with reddish color 

 near the pit; quality fine; clingstone. Price, 

 40c. each; $4.00 per dozen. 



JAPANESE MESFILUS PLUM (Ery- 

 sothria Japonica). — The Japanese Mespilus, 

 which, by the way, is an old stand-by in 

 our climate, has been cultivated here for 

 over a century, and is too well known to 

 require any description. By special ar- 

 rangement with one of the best nursery- 

 men we have been enabled to secure a lot 

 of very fine trees, which we offer at $1.00 

 and $2.00 each. 



NORMAND PLUM.— Fruit medium to 

 large, obtusely conical, with heart-like 

 base and short stem; skin clear, golden 

 yellow; flesh firm and meaty, yellow, of 

 high quality. Tree symmetrical; prolific. 

 40c. each; $4.00 per dozen. 



"JUICY" PLUM. — This 

 glorious new Plum is a 

 cross between Botan and 

 Robinson. The fruit is the 

 size of the former and three 

 times larger than the latter, 

 and of perfect shape. Skin 

 thin and transparent, light 

 yellow, underlaid with scar- 

 let — as beautiful as wax. 

 In quality it seems to us 

 that there is no other fruit 

 which can approach it. It 

 has a delicious sweetness, 

 mingling with a sprightly 

 acid and a high, melting 

 plum flavor, surpassing any- 

 thing we ever saw; when 

 fully ripe it is so juicy that 

 when the skin is broken its 

 delicious pulp flows out like 

 honey. 50c. each. 



EELSET'S JAPAN 

 PLUM.— The Kelsey Plum 

 is from two to two and a 

 half inches in diameter, 

 heart-shaped, rich yellow, 

 with purple cheek. Parties 

 who have been fruiting it 

 here in the South pronounce 

 it the most magnificent 

 Plum they have seen; it 

 weighs from 4 to 6 ounces. 

 It excels all other Plums 

 for canning and drying, and 

 will carry for a long dis- 

 tance better than any other 

 kind. Matures middle of 

 August to September. Price, 

 40c. each; $4.00 per dozen. 



Mariana Plum. 



MARIANA PLUM.— This plum originat- 

 ed in Texas, supposed accidental seed- 

 ling of the Wild Goose. It is a rapid 

 grower. Grows from cuttings, and never 

 throws up any suckers or sprouts. Fruit 

 as large, good and handsome as the Wild 

 Goose: one to two weeks earlier; hangs on 



Kelsey's Japan Plum. 



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