New Plum— "APPLE." S 



Among the welcome surprises found three years ago among a lot of some 

 twenty-five thousand Plum seedlings was this one, bearing a cruel load of enor- 

 mous Plums when only two years old, while nearly all the others refused to bear 



so early, and none of them have produced 

 a fruit in all respects equal to this one. 



It was at once named Apple from the 

 very close resemblance in form, color, 

 general appearance and rare keeping 

 qualities. 



The tree is a fine, strong grower, 

 with peculiar light brown bark. Its ease 

 of propagation is one of its most surpris- 

 ing characteristics, again resembling the 

 apple. Even common root grafts al! 

 grow, and buds and grafts have all grown 

 under all circumstances as readily as 

 apples. The foreman on the propagating 

 farm, forcibly impressed with this freedom 

 of growth, observed that the buds and 

 grafts 'Svould probably grow if fired 

 among the trees from a shotgun." 

 Wood is yet too scarce to test for growing from cuttings, but from all present 

 appearances it should grow as readily as quinces or currants. 



The fruit, which averages about two and one-half inches in diameter, is 

 striped and mottled like Imperial Gage until nearly ripe, when it turns to a deep 

 reddish purple. 



The superlatively rich, high flavored, sweet or subacid fiesh is rather firm, 

 pale red, with marblings and streaks of pink; nearly freestone. Its parentage is not 

 known, except that it is a second generation seedling from some cross-bred seed- 

 lings, and no doubt Satsuma and probably Robinson are in its line of ancestry, 

 though it is so greatly superior in all respects that any comparison with either 

 would be out of place. 



Ripens here soon after "Burbank," and sometimes keeps a month or more 

 in good condition. 



Grafting wood, per foot, $2; five feet, $6; twenty feet, $15. Trees one and 

 one-half to two feet (root grafts on Japan Plum), each $3.50; per ten, $30. Trees 

 three to four feet, budded on peach, each $6; per ten, $50. A single foot of wood 

 will make four to six good grafts. These, if placed in vigorous old trees, will, the 

 first summer, make buds enough to stock a nursery. 



Grafting wood will keep a month or more in the package in which we send 

 it, if placed in a cool place. 



" 'Apple' is a wonderful keeper." — J. R. 



"The most luscious and delightful plum we ever tasted. Nothing could be better." — 

 S. F. L. 



"Its great size, vigorous growth of tree and perfect imitation of an Apple, as well as 

 beautj-- of color, will make it most valuable." — R. G. 



'Think it could be shipped to London with perfect safety." — L. C. 



"The two-year-old 'Wickson' graft bore eighteen fine fruits, one of which measured 

 seven and one-half by seven and one-fourth mches. The flavor is all that could be desired; 

 color most handsome; tree a sturdy, handsome grower. It will have a great future." — 

 D. H. & Son, Auckland, New Zealand. 



'To my mind the 'Wickson' is the best of all Plums." — B. & G., Kyber Pass, New 

 Zealand. 



"In the Salt River Valley the 'Wickson' is now fruiting. It is counted as the King of 

 Plums." — Redlands Facts. 



"All who have seen the marvelous work which Mr. Burbank is doing have left inspired 

 with the thought that comparatively little has been known of the possibilities of horticult- 

 ure." — W. M. G., in Santa Rosa Republican. 



