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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, New York 



JAP^M PLUMS. 



Price, 30 to 40 cents each. 



This new class of fruit we have thoroughly tested, and strongly recommended its planting in gardens and 

 orchards. After one or two years the trees bear heavy annual crops of delicious fruits. 



The peculiarly desirable features presented by.these Japanese Plums on a con- 

 servative estimate, are ear liness , great productiveness and almost complete freedonr 

 from insect and fungous enemies. The quality is good, but not always equal to the 

 best of the common Plums. 



They are the best Plums for Long Island, and should be largely 

 planted, as they are very profitable for market. 



Wickson. Very large ; the largest Japan Plum ; color,, 

 maroon red. Flesh firm and long-keeping, of good 

 quality ; a prornising new variety. 

 Hale. A handsome globular, red-speckled Plum. 

 Flesh soft and juicy, of good quality and peach-like 

 flavor. Tree a good grower and productive. A very 

 promising new variety, just introduced. 

 Chabot. For description, see under cut. 

 Satsuma. Large; very dark red; flesh blood-red, 

 acid, of fair quality when fully ripe. Productive- 

 and late. 



EUROPEAN PLUMS. 



The varieties of the common or European Plum- 

 {Prunus domes tica) do best on heavy _lan4, but will, 

 grow well on any soil if given' applications of ground 

 bone and potash. 



Bradshaw. Fruit large, oval, reddish purple; flesh 

 yellow, rather coarse, juicy and good. Tree very 

 vigorous and has good foliage. 

 Empire. Fruit large, dark purple, good quality .- 



Tree productive and vigorous. 

 German Prune. Fruit long-oval, purple, with white 



bloom ; flesh green, sweet. Tree a poor grower. 

 Green Gag^e. Round, small, green fruit. The flavor 

 is exceedingly sweet and rich, unequaled by an3r 

 other. Tree of dwarfish, slow growth. 

 Italian Frnne (Fellenburg). Large, dark blue, 

 sweet, and of good quality for dessert or preserving. 

 Lombard. Medium to large, dark red ; flesh deep- 

 yellow, of pleasant flavor, but not rich. The tree i& 

 one of the most vigorous of the Plum family, and is 

 productive and well adapted to light soils. 

 Monarch. Very large, dark purplish blue. Tree 

 robust, productive. 



3-year Plum Tree. 



Red June. A medium to large vermilion-red Plum ; 

 very showy. Flesh moderately juicy, of subacid, 

 pleasant quality, but not as rich as some others. 

 The best early Plum. 



Abundance. Medium to large, globular; yellow, 

 mostly covered with red. Flesh firm and juicy, 

 sweet and good when fully ripe. The tree is very 

 productive, and the loads of fruit that young trees 

 carry astonish all who see them. The fruit should 

 be severely thinned out and the branches tied up. 

 Ripens in early August. 



Berckmans. Medium size ; flesh very sweet, moder- 

 ately juicy. Tree productive. 



Burbank. Medium to large ; yellow, with red cheek ; 

 flesh firm, rich and sugary. The best flavored va- 

 riety we have tested ; the tree is very productive. 

 Ripens last part of August. 



Georgceson. Medium to large ; flesh clear yellow, 

 firm, sweet and good. The best yellow variety. 



PERSIMMON, AMEI^ICAN. 



A large, handsome tree, with lustrous leaves. Will 

 grow in wet ground. Skin and flesh of fruit brick-red^ 

 soft and sweet after frost. 



CHABOT PLUM. 



A large, dull red Plum, with thick white bloom. Medium to good quality. 



