A New Plum-" SULTAN. 
SULTAN. SULTAN. (SECTION). 
This huge, oval, deep purplish crimson fruit is generally thought by those 
who have tested it to be the very best or one of the best plums produced. 
The flesh is remarkably firm and solid, fragrant, subacid or sweet, dark crim- 
son, beautifully clouded and shaded with light pink, salmon and light yellow; 
showing in the fruit a curious combination of ancestral dynamics. 
Remarkable for the great proportion of flesh compared with the diminutive 
seed. The tree grows very rapidly, but is compact and with wood and leaves 
as much like the Napoleon cherry as like a plum. Exceedingly productive; 
ripening here July 25th, a week before BURBANK, falls like apples soon as 
ripe; a great keeper. 
A basket of these plums would attract instant attention anywhere by their 
unusual size and remarkable beauty of form and color. 
The cut at the left is from a photograph taken in Santa Rosa, the one at the 
right at the New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 
S V^TAN ' is my choice of all the new plums which I have tested. It is a cross 
between Wickspn and Satsuma. It is large, beii.g over two inches in diameter and nearly 
round in shape. The surface is smooth, dark wine— red or garnet— being very handsome 
Ine flesh is garnet color, too, and rich-looking. In flavor it is excellent, being tart 
enough, yet not sour, but a delicious subacid. No plum that I have eaten is better, and 
when cooked, it could scarcely be equaled. It has all the high flavor of Satsuma when 
cooked, which has heretofore been far above all other plums when in that condition. The 
season of SULTAN ' is at least a month earlier, as it is fully ripe by August 1. The tree is 
very fruitful. I look for this plum to take a high place in public favor."— H. E. VanDeman 
in Rural Nezv Yorker. 
" The ' SULTAN ' is very large, very handsome and has a very pleasing, refreshing 
flavor. It is extremely delicious."— S. F. Leib, Santa Clara Co., Cal. 
wr-ii "Needless to sa y *at the quality is fine, it is all that could be desired."— S. D. 
Willard, New York. 
r- " T T h ™ < SULTAN ' came through in splendid shape and is a most wonderful fruit " 
■ — (j. ri. Clayson, Arizona. 
"The 'SULTAN' seems to be a grand fruit in size and otherwise."— E. J. Wickson. 
" The ' SULTAN ' which measured 7x7 inches around will certainly be a leader not 
only for its size but for its exceedingly high quality and very small pit." — H. Knudson, 
Brown Co., Minn. 
