A New Plum— "SHIRO." S 



This handsome pkim is a tri-specific hybrid — a combination of Robinson, 

 Myrobolan and Wickson, from seed of Wickson. 



In foHage, growth and general appearance the tree most resembles a Myro- 

 bolan, but is a much stronger grower than 

 any of the three from which it came; 

 wood very hard and wiry, ripening up 

 early in the fall. 



The fruit, which is produced in the 

 utmost profusion, is medium to large, very 

 uniform in size, clear light yellow, witli 

 an almost imperceptible thin white bloom; 

 and so transparent that the pit can be 

 seen through the f^esh, which is firm yet 

 juicy, rich, pleasant subacid, clingstone; 

 ripens two weeks' before the Burbank, 

 and is nearly, or perhaps quite as produc- 

 tive. The fruit will keep in good condi- 

 tion for a month at least. 



From its ancestry and general appear- 

 ance it should prove of great value where 

 it is too cold to raise most of the good 

 plums. 



The following description of " SHIRO " is from the report of Secretary 

 B. M. Lelong, of the California State Board of Horticulture: 



" * SHIRO.' — From Myrobolan, Wickson and Robinson. Fruit, egg-shaped, medium 

 size, suture indistinct; smooth, bright yellow, transparent, bloom thin, white; cling, 

 quality good. Remarkable for its great productiveness, rivaling the Burbank in this 

 respect. 



" Strong grower, having the appearance of a gigantic Myrobolan plum in leaf, fruit 

 and growth." 



Originated by Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa. 



GRAFTING WOOD ONLY. 



PRICE, ONE FOOT, $i. FIVE FEET, $3. TEN FEET, $5. FIFTY 

 FEET, $15. ONE HUNDRED FEET, $25. 



" If any one has had doubts as to the hardiness of the Japan plums the season of 

 1896 has settled them here in Connecticut; Where the peach crop was practically a total 

 failure, the Japan plums gave partial crops on many trees while others were full to bending 

 with luscious fruit. There is no doubt that their introduction is doing more to stimulate 

 both commercial and amateur fruit culture than any other one event that has taken 

 place within the last quarter of a century. Trees of tremendous vigor, come into bearing 

 two or three years after planting and in such variety and season of ripening as to cover 

 a period of nearly three months with a daily supply of most luscious plums." — J. H. Hale 

 in Green's Fruit Grower. 



" Looking over the field of fruits I think the most notable advance has been with 

 plums." — Joseph Meehan, Penn. 



" To produce these valuable variations from their original types, requires not only 

 the most extensive experiments in crossing the flowers, but in labeling, recording, saving 

 seeds, planting and growing to fruiting age, but it takes patience! patience!! patience!!! 



" No one who has never tried it can have more than a slight conception of the 

 industry, skill and patience that such v/ork requires." — H. E. VanDeman in Green's Fruit 

 Grower. 



" I was the first man to set a ' BURBANK ' plum on the Atlantic slope and it is a 

 fact that nearly all the varieties have been raised as perfectly at Geneva, N. Y., as in 

 their California home." — Hon. N. S. Piatt, Chairman of Committee on New Fruits at 

 Fitchburg, Mass. 



" New Japans stood 26 deg. below zero here." — Dr. A. B. Dennis, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



