" BARTLETT. — A hybrid of Priiims Simoni and ' Delaware,' itself one of Burbank's. 

 older crossbred plums. 



" Fruit oval, conical, medium size, light yellowish crimson, with a smooth, polished, 

 glistening skin. All the branches grow up perfectly straight, forming a dense, upright, 

 handsome head. 



" Leaves large, and as glossy as if varnished. Produces fruit abundantly the second 

 season. The size of a large Imperial gage, and when fresh from the tree, of most 

 delicious flavor; very far exceeding the Bartlett pear at its very best in its rich, delicious, 

 indescribable, pineapple flavor and fragrance, being exactly like the Bartlett pear in 

 flavor but, even more delicious. Very productive; too soft for distant shipping. Origin- 

 ated by Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa." — From report of B. M. Lelong of the California 

 State Board of Horticulture. 



" ' BARTLETT ' is another variety which came from a cross of Simon upon Delaware. 

 Its size is medium to large and the shape peculiar, being decidedly heart-shaped, with a 

 distinct suture on one side. The color is a dull purplish red. The flesh is yellowish 

 and soft when fully ripe. The stone is large and long. Its flavor is very peculiar, being 

 like that of the Bartlett pear, hence the name. The quality is very good to best, which, 

 with its earliness (it ripens July 25 at Santa Rosa), productiveness and vigor of tree 

 ought to place it well up in the scale." — H. E, VanDeman. 



" The 'BARTLETT ' plum is apparently absolutely identical with a real Bartlett 

 pear." — S. F. Leib. 



" I am especially surprised at the good quality of the Simoni crosses." — F. A. Waugh, 

 Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station. 



"The flavor of the ' BARTLETT' plum is unique." — Pinkham & McKevitt, Vacaville,. 



Cal. 



" Take some of these plums with sugar and cream, as peaches are nearly always 

 dressed, and they are as much finer than the peach is finer than a potato. It seems tO' 

 me that there are more wonderful possibilities in the plum than any other fruit in tem- 

 perate climates." — F. A. Waugh, Vermont State Ag'l. College. 



" Nothing like his latest wonder, the ' BARTLETT ' plum, has ever before been pro- 

 duced, and the world of fruit and flower growers, who so expectantly wait for his magical, 

 productions, will here read of the marvel for the first time. A wonderful combination 

 of fruit is this, in reality a plum, but in quality almost the exact counterpart of the 

 pear from which it is named." — Santa Rosa Republican. 



GRAFTING WOOD ONLY, 



THERE IS ONLY A LITTLE BUNDLE OF GRAFTING WOOD' 

 OF THE " BARTLETT " IN EXISTENCE. 



PRICE, ONE FOOT, $3. TWO FEET, $5. FIVE FEET, $8. TEN 

 FEET, $10. 



" On Tuesday, August 3, another banner sale of Vacaville fruit took place in New 

 York and, says the ' Reporter,' H. A. Bassford is the man who now wears the champion- 

 ship belt. Two weeks ago it was reported that F. Herbert Buck, through Pinkham & 

 McKevitt, sold three 20-pound boxes of Wickson plums for $8.50 a box. Now H. A. 

 Bassford, through the Earl Fruit Company, has raised this most remarkable sale up one 

 notch. On Tuesday five 20-pound boxes of his celebrated Eureka (?) (Wickson) plums 

 brought $8.55 apiece. The crates contained 88 plums each which at the price named 

 would be over 10 cents each, or 42^ cents per pound wholesale. We say, continues- 

 the Vacaville Reporter, without fear of contradiction, that this price has never been 

 beaten by California fruit in the east except on the shipment of the first box of cherries- 

 at the opening of a season, and these prices are also always captured by Vacaville people." 

 — California Fruit Grozuer. 



"Oi all plums grown so far, the Wickson stands at the head. The grandest tree in 

 growth, the largest fruit, the finest flavor, the most prodigious bearer of all the plum 

 family. I am advertising it as the King of Fruits for this country. 



" It is a seedling originated by the Hon. Luther Burbank, of California, and of 

 hundreds of new fruits he has introduced this stands pre-eminent. He is justly called 

 the * Wizard of Horticulture.' as no man has done so much to bless the world in the 

 line of Horticulture as he. If he had only given us the one new plum. The Wickson, 

 we should then say, all honor to Luther Burbank." 



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