New Plum— "APPLE." 
Among the welcome surprises found three years ago among a lot of some 
twenty-five thousand Plum seedlings was this one, bearing a cruel load of enor- 
mous Plums when only two years old, while nearly all the others refused to bear 
so early, and none of them have produced 
a fruit in all respects equal to this one. 
It was at once named Apple from the 
very close resemblance in form, color, 
general appearance and rare keeping 
qualities. 
The tree is a fine, strong grower, 
with peculiar light brown bark. Its ease 
of propagation is one of its most surpris- 
ing characteristics, again resembling the 
apple. Even common root grafts all 
grow, and buds and grafts have all grown 
under all circumstances as readily as 
apples. The foreman on the propagating 
farm, forcibly impressed with this freedom 
of growth, observed that the buds and 
grafts "would probably grow if fired 
among the trees from a shotgun." 
Wood is yet too scarce to test for growing from cuttings, but from all present 
appearances it should grow as readily as quinces or currants. 
The fruit, which averages about two and one-half inches in diameter, is 
striped and mottled like Imperial Gage until nearly ripe, when it turns to a deep 
reddish purple. 
The superlatively rich, high flavored, sweet or subacid flesh is rather firm, 
pale red, with marblings and streaks of pink; nearly freestone. Its parentage is not 
known, except that it is a second generation seedling from some cross-bred seed- 
lings, and no doubt Satsuma and probably Robinson are in its line of ancestry, 
though it is so greatly superior in all respects that any comparison with either 
would be out of place. 
Ripens here soon after "Burbank," and sometimes keeps a month or more 
in good condition. 
Grafting wood, per foot, $2; five feet, $6; twenty feet, $15. Trees one and 
one-half to two feet (root grafts on Japan Plum), each $3.50; per ten, $30. Trees 
three to four feet, budded on peach, each $6; per ten, $50. A single foot of wood 
will make four to six good grafts. These, if placed in vigorous old trees, will, the 
first summer, make buds enough to stock a nursery. 
_ Grafting wood will keep a month or more in the package in which we send 
it, if placed in a cool place. 
" 'Apple' is a wonderful keeper." — J. R. 
"The most luscious and delightful plum we ever tasted. Nothing could be better "— 
S. F. L. 
"Its great size, vigorous growth of tree and perfect imitation of an Apple, as well as 
beauty of color, will make it most valuable." — R. G. 
"Think it could be shipped to London with perfect safety." — L. C. 
"The two-year-old 'Wickson' graft bore eighteen fine fruits, one of which measured 
seven and one-half by seven and one-fourth inches. The flavor is all that could be desired; 
color most handsome; tree a sturdy, handsome grower. It will have a great future." 
D. H. & Son, Auckland, New Zealand. 
"To my mind the 'Wickson' is the best of all Plums."— B. & G., Kyber Pass, Nev\ 
Zealand. 
"In the Salt River Valley the 'Wickson' is now fruiting. It is counted as the King of 
Plums." — Redlands Fads. 
"All who have seen the marvelous work which Mr. Burbank is doing have left inspired 
with the thought that comparatively little has been known of the possibilities of horticult- 
ure." — W. M. G., in Santa Rosa Republican. 
