A New Plum— "SULTAN." ^ 



SULTAN. SULTAN. (SECTION). 



This huge, oval, deep piirpHsh crimson fruit is generally thought by those 

 who have tested it to be the very best or one of the best plums produced. 



The flesh is remarkably firm and solid, fragrant, subacid or sweet, dark crim- 

 son, beautifully clouded and shaded with light pink, salmon and light yellow; 

 showing in the fruit a curious combination of ancestral dynamics. 



Remarkable for the great proportion of flesh compared with the diminutive 

 seed. The tree grows very rapidly, but is compact and with wood and leaves 

 as much like the Napoleon cherry as like a plum. Exceedingly productive; 

 ripening here July 25th, a week before BURBANK, falls like apples soon as 

 ripe; a great keeper. 



A basket of these plums would attract instant attention anywhere by their 

 unusual size and remarkable beauty of form and color. 



The cut at the left is from a photograph taken in Santa Rosa, the one at the 

 right at the New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 



" ' SULTAN ' is my choice of all the new plums which I have tested. It is a cross 

 between Wickspn and Satsuma. It is large, being over two inches in diameter and nearly- 

 round in shape. The surface is smooth, dark wine — red or garnet — being very handsome. 

 The flesh is garnet color, too, and rich-looking. In flavor it is excellent, being tart 

 enough, yet not sour, but a delicious subacid. No plum that I have eaten is better, and 

 Avhen cooked, it could scarcely be equaled. It has all the high flavor of Satsuma when 

 cooked, which has heretofore been far above all other plums when in that condition. The 

 season of ' SULTAN ' is at least a month earlier, as it is fully ripe by August i. The tree is 

 very fruitful. I look for this plum to take a high place in public favor." — H. E. VanDeman 

 in Rural Nezu Yorker. 



" The ' SULTAN ' is very large, very handsome and has a very pleasing, refreshing 

 flavor. It is extremely delicious." — S. F. Leib, Santa Clara Co., Cal. 



" Needless to say that the quality is fine, it is all that could be desired." — S. D. 

 Willard, New York. 



" The * SULTAN ' came through in splendid shape and is a most wonderful fruit." 

 — G. H. Clayson, Arizona. 



" The * SULTAN ' seems to be a grand fruit in size and otherwise." — E. J. Wickson. 



" The ' SULTAN ' which measured 7x7 inches around will certainly be a leader, not 



only for its size but for its exceedingly high quality and very small pit." — H. Knudson, 

 Brown Co., Minn. 



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