A New Plum— "SHIRO." 
This handsome plum is a tri-specific hybrid— a combination of Robinson, 
Myrobolan and Wickson, from seed of Wickson. 
In foliage, growth and general appearance the tree most resembles a Myro- 
bolan, but is a much stronger grower than 
any of the three from which it came; 
wood very hard and wiry, ripening up 
early in the fall. 
The fruit, which is produced in the 
utmost profusion, is medium to large, very 
uniform in size, clear light yellow, with 
an almost imperceptible thin white bloom; 
and so transparent that the pit can be 
seen through the flesh, which is firm yet 
juicy, rich, pleasant subacid, clingstone; 
ripens two weeks before the Burbank, 
and is nearly, or perhaps quite as produc- 
tive. The fruit will keep in good condi- 
tion for a month at least. 
From its ancestry and general appear- 
ance it should prove of great value where 
it is too cold to raise most of the good 
plums. 
The following description of " SHIRO " is from the report of Secretary 
B. M. Lelong, of the California State Board of Horticulture: 
SHIRO.' — From Myrobolan, Wickson and Robinson. Fruit, egg-shaped, medium 
size, suture indistinct; smooth, bright yellow, transparent, bloom thin, white; cling, 
quality good. Remarkable for its great productiveness, rivaling the Burbank in this 
respect. 
" Strong grower, having the appearance of a gigantic Myrobolan plum in leaf, fruit 
and growth." 
Originated by Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa. 
GRAFTING WOOD ONLY. 
PRICE, ONE FOOT, $i. FIVE FEET, $3. TEN FEET, $5. FIFTY 
FEET, $15. ONE HUNDRED FEET, $25. 
" If any one has had doubts as to the hardiness of the Japan plums the season of 
1896 has settled them here in Connecticut; Where the peach crop was practically a total 
failure, the Japan plums gave partial crops on many trees while others were full to bending 
with luscious fruit. There is no doubt that their introduction is doing more to stimulate 
both commercial and amateur fruit culture than any other one event that has taken 
place within the last quarter of a century. Trees of tremendous vigor, come into bearing 
two or three years after planting and in such variety and season of ripening as to cover 
a period of nearly three months with a daily supply of most luscious plums. "• — J. H. Hale 
in Green's Fruit Grower. 
" Looking over the field of fruits I think the most notable advance has been with 
plums." — Joseph Meehan, Penn. 
" To produce these valuable variations from their original types, requires not only 
the most extensive experiments in crossing the flowers, but in labeling, recording, saving 
seeds, planting and growing to fruiting age, but it takes patience! patience!! patience!!! 
" No one who has never tried it can have more than a slight conception of the 
industry, skill and patience that such work requires." — H. E. VanDeman in Green's Fruit 
Grower. 
"I was the first man to set a 'BURBANK' plum on the Atlantic slope and it is a 
fact that nearly all the varieties have been raised as perfectly at Geneva, N. Y., as in 
their California home." — Hon. N. S. Piatt, Chairman of Committee on New Fruits at 
Fitchburg, Mass. 
" New Japans stood 26 deg. below zero here." — Dr. A. B. Dennis, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 
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