Fruits for Long Island 
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ISAAC HICKS & SON 
PEACHES, continued 
Susquehanna. Very large ; rich yellow, with a 
beautiful red cheek. A handsome and valuable 
variety for table use or canning. 
Crawford's Late. A standard variety. Large ;■ 
yellow, red at the stone. 
Stump the World. Medium size ; creamy white, 
juicy and high-flavored. Unexcelled for pre- 
serving. 
Chair's Choice. Large, yellow, with red cheek ; 
flesh firm and of good quality. The large Peach 
growers of Long Island report that this is a val- 
uable variety. 
Morris White. Medium size, creamy white skin ; 
flesh white throughout, juicy, sweet. Good for 
preserving. 
Hill's Chili. Medium size, yellow, hardy, pro- 
ductive. 
Globe. Large, golden yellow, firm, sweet and de- 
licious. A rapid grower and good bearer. 
Smock. Medium to large, yellow, moderately 
juicy to dry ; very late ; sometimes it does not 
ripen here. 
JAPAN PLUMS 
Price, 5 to 6 feet, 60 cts. each, $3.50 for 10; 6 to 7 
feet, 76 cts. each, $6 for 10. 
This new class of fruit we have thoroughly tested, 
and strongly fecommend its planting in gardens 
and orchards. After one or two years the trees 
bear heavy annual crops of delicious fruit. 
The peculiarly desirable features presented by 
these Japanese Plums on a conservative estimate 
are earliness and great productiveness. The quality 
is good when well thinned and ripened, but not 
always equal to the best of the common Plums. 
They are the best Plums for Long Island, and 
should be largely planted. 
Red June. A medium to large vermilion-red Plum; 
very showy. Flesh moderately juicy, of sub- 
acid, pleasant quality, but not so 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. 
Burbank. Medium to large ; yellow, with red 
cheek ; flesh firm, rich and sugary ; the best 
flavored variety we have ever tested. The tree 
is very productive. Ripens last of August. 
Wickson. The largest Japan Plum. Maroon-red ; 
flesh firm and long-keeping, of good quality. A 
promising 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. 
Satsuma. Large ; very dark red ; flesh blood-red, 
acid, of fair quality when fully ripe. Productive 
and late. 
October Purple. A reddish purple Plum of large 
size ; good quality. Its late ripening and good 
keeping qualities make it one of the desirable 
varieties. 
I.UROPE.AN PLUMS 
The varieties of the common or European Plum 
{Prunus domestica) do best on heavy land, 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. 
German Prune. Fruit long-oval ; purple, with white 
bloom ; flesh green, sweet. Tree a poor grower. 
Green Gage._ Round, small, green fruit ; the flavor 
is exceedingly sweet and rich, unequaled by any 
other. A small, compact tree. 
Lombard. Medium to large ; dark red ; flesh deep 
yellow, of pleasant flavor, but not rich. The 
tree is one of the most vigorous of the Plum 
family, and is productive and well adapted to 
light soils. 
PERSIMMON, AMERICAN 
A large, handsome tree with lustrous leaves. 
Skin and flesh of fruit brick-red, soft and sweet 
after frost. ^ Native to wet ground on Long Island. 
We are testing new named varieties. 
CHLRRIES 
Burbank Plum. 
Price, 5 to 6 feet 60 cts. each, $3.50 for 10; 6 to 7 
feet, 76 cts. each, $6 for 10. 
The Cherries are among the most satisfactory 
fruits to raise for home use. They grow well on 
all Long Island soils, and annually set large crops. 
Cherries may be divided into four groups : 
Hearts, with soft flesh, heart-shaped, sweet. 
The dark red varieties are in this class. This and 
the next are sometimes called " Oxhearts." 
BiGARREAus, with hard flesh, heart-shaped, 
sweet, mostly of the lighter colors. 
Dukes. Like the above, but with acid or sub- 
acid fruit. 
MoRELLOS (Sour Cherries). Flesh sour; tree 
smaller than the others, with slender branches and 
narrow leaves. 
