&(jpa) Tlam "Combination 
/^j]N extremely handsome, large, early, light crimson plum of the very best 
//J quality, ripening here July 12th, before most of the earliest plums and 
Ji 11 about as early as Climax. Four years out of five it was pronounced by 
well known plum growers the best plum they had ever tasted.. The test was 
severe, as I had more than twenty- 
five thousand varieties bearing 
fruit, including nearly all the most 
>'M?Mffiii£BB^& ■'" popular standards of the past. One 
Jtm , ^^^^^hHBHIk' season, however, the fruit came in 
Jh . ffP^ " '''"^I^HbBHR, second in quality, probably from 
H||j||! .^'^[^■I ^ e ^ act trees had been 
M»'^^^^^^> shorn of nearly every bud for prop- 
agating purposes. The trees, both 
' ^-^^^^^^^W^^^ °^ an< ^ y° un S' are about the best 
• '•f'^^^^S^^^^''' an< ^ mos t symmetrical growers 
^h^^^^^V^^^ among the plums, making an early, 
'■^^^S^SSBSS^ rapid growth, ripening the wood 
perfectly hard to the tips early in 
the season, indicating unusual 
hardiness. The bark, leaves and 
fruit are all unique. Bark, dark 
russet bronze. The unusually large, broad, glossy, coriaceous leaves are bronze 
crimson in the spring and fall. 
Early, regular and abundant bearer of large, nearly globular fruit of uniform 
size. Flesh, straw color, extremely sweet, with a very pronounced pineapple 
flavor. Stone, small and nearly free when fully ripe, and if the best judges may 
be trusted, "COMBINATION" fruit has never been equaled in quality. 
"COMBINATION" trees resemble no other trees in cultivation and are 
certain to please everybody. Grafting wood, per foot, $5 ; three feet, $9 ; five 
feet, $12; ten feet, $20. 
Nezu Asparagus 44 Quality" 
nANY years ago, while experimenting for the improvement of Asparagus, 
one plant was observed which produced an unusual number of shoots of 
a light yellowish green color. Other plants often produced larger 
shoots, but none on the place nearly as many in number or as much in weight. 
When cooked it was found to have a rich flavor, unlike and very much superior 
to any other Asparagus. 
Numerous seedlings have been raised from it, and though a certain per cent., 
as with all other varieties, vary from the original, yet as a large proportion re- 
semble the parent plant in productiveness and especially in quality, this unusual 
strain is now offered. For home use it is unequaled. 
Small yearling plants, per doz., 50c ; per hundred, $3. 
Seed, per packet, 25c; per ounce, $1.00. 
"Under the heading, 'The Primus Simoni Plum,' in 'The Rural New Yorker' of 
July 29, page 544, second column, you say: 'We are wondering why crosses with it and 
the native and Japan plums have not been made.' In Burbank's Catalogue of New Crea- 
tions, page 4, 1898, you will find that he has been experimenting twelve years in this 
line, and offers the results of such crosses both there and in the 1899 catalogue."— H. L. 
Pairchilds, Nichols, Conn. 
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