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Baily Plum, 
30c. each; $3.00 per dozen. 
Burbank Plum. 
The best and most profitable among 
growers for market: ripens ten to four- 
teen days after Abundance. Tree hardy, 
sprawling, vigorous grower, unequalled 
in productiveness; bears young. Fruit 
large excellent quality; cherry red with 
lilac bloom. 30c. each. $3.00 per dozen. 
Excelsior Plum. 
The tree is a remarkably rapid, strong 
grower, and bears annually and abundant- 
ly. Fruit medium to large, 1% inches in 
diameter, nearly round, no suture, color 
deep solid wine-red, with heavy light 
bluish bloom; stem short, skin firm and 
‘without astringency; flesh firm, yellow- 
ish, with reddish color near the pit; 
quality fine; cling-stone. Price, 30c. each, 
$3.00 per dozen. 
Abundance Pium. 
One of the oldest and best known 
Japanese varieties; hardy and _ produc- 
‘tive. Fruit large, lemon yellow, with 
heavy bloom; good quality. 30c. each; 
$3.00 per dozen. 
Berckman’s Plum. 
Fruit large, nearly round; skin green, 
with purple and blue bloom; flesh, yel- | 
Kelsey’s Japan Plum. 
Plart Kentucky Blue, Red Top, Rescue and Johnson Grass; very fine. 
J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 
lowish, firm and sugary. Ripens June 20. 
to July 5. 30c. each; $3.00 per dozen. 
Kelsey’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 magnifi- — 
cent 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 distance better than any 
other kind. Matures middle of August 
to September. Price, 30c. each; $3.00 
per dozen. 
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, 80c. each; $3.00 
per dozen. 
Red June Plum. 
Recommended as “by all odds the best. 
Japanese, ripening before Abundance.” 
One of the vigorous, upright growers; 
productive; fair size; vermillion red; 
pleasant quality. Ripens a week before 
Abundance. August, 30c. each; $2.75 per 
dozen. j 
