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MAY'S CATALOGUE OF NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS AND FRUITS. 
PLUMS. 
No class of fruit is more universally popular than this, 
and none yields more readily to care and cultivation, pro- 
ducing large crops of the most luscious fruit imaginable. 
A rich, strong soil best suits the Plum. Good cultivation 
and regular fertilizing are very essential to their highest 
development. The Japan varieties are curculio proof. 
The native varieties are perfectly hardy everywhere and 
annually produce large crops of fruit, which is very de- 
sirable for preserves. The European varieties, while not 
as hardy as the other sorts, are very desirable on ac- 
count of their productiveness and fine quality. Plums 
fruit at an early age, are profitable to grow in quantities 
for the market or in small lots for home use. 
All our Plums are budded on hardy Myrobolan and 
Native plum stocks, thus insuring their hardiness and 
their adaptability to all sections. 
GOPHER COLLECTION OP HARDY PLUMS. 
Cheney. 
Cheney. 
One-Year Old, 3% to 5 ft., 30c each, $2.75 for 10. 
Second Class, 4 to 5 ft, 40c each, $3.50 for 10. 
First Class. 5 to 7 ft., 50c each, $,4.50 for 10. 
The collection of 4 one-year old for $1.10; Second Class 
for $1.40; First Class for $1.80. 
Moore's Arctic. 
A native variety of unusual excellence. The 
- - v - tree is sturdy, of excellent form and habit, and 
as hardy as the native oak. Fruit averages quite large and 
of finest quality. Flesh very firm, rendering it exceedingly 
valuable for shipping purposes. It has been thoroughly test- 
ed in all parts of the Northwest and is the coming fruit for 
this section of the country. It does equally well in more 
southern latitudes, producing enormous crops of most luscious 
fruit. 
CfnHrl *i f One of the largest native plums. Originat- 
OluuuaiUi e( j } n iowa and valuable on account of its 
extreme hardiness. It is of a -light pinkish-red color, very 
handsome, with a tough, sweet skin, and of most delicious 
quality. Valuable for shipping and for home use. 
GENERAL LIST OF NATIVE SORTS. 
Jl/Iilf-nfl Another native variety of unusual merit, which 
AVi.ll&.Uil. We consider a decided acquisition to our list of 
hardy native sorts. Fruit is extra large, roundish oblong, 
dark red, skin thin, flesh firm and of excellent quality; the 
earliest variety in cultivation. It is a strong and rampant 
grower, and the most prolific fruiting sort in our whole list. 
Its large size, good quality and extreme earliness render it 
most valuable. 
Stirf>l"i^e This new and desirable variety has pleased all 
***** K* *^^» who have ever seen or grown it, and is des- 
tined to supersede all other varieties in many sections of the 
Northwest. The tree is a clean, strong, upright grower, with- 
standing our severest winters without injury. The fruit is of 
large size, fine red color and good keeping qualities. The 
flesh is of finest flavor and very Arm, rendering it of unusual 
value for market and shipping purposes. 
ONE-YEAR-OLD, 3% to 5 ft., 25c each, $2.25 for 10, $20.00 per 100. 
SECOND CLASS, 4 to 5 ft., 35c each, $3.25 for 10, $25.00 per 100 
FIRST CLASS, 5 to 7 ft., 40c each, $3.75 for 10, $30.00 per 100. 
Only those varieties marked with a star can be supplied in the larger sizes. 
Those marked with a double star in larger sizes only. 
We are indebted to the University of Minnesota 
for the photographs of apples which are Minnesota 
grown and reproduced on pages 87, 88 and 89. 
AMERICAN EAGLE — Dark purplish red, of large oblong 
shape. Tree, vigorous, healthy and productive. 
BRITTLEWOOD — Large, globular, purplish red. Very pro- 
ductive. 
B L A CKHAWKi — Large, oblong, purplish red. Vigorous and 
productive. 
COTTRELL. — Medium size, red. 
*DE SOTO. — Medium size, dappled red and yellow. Flesh 
firm, sweet and juicy. Tree very hardy and productive. One 
of the very best for general planting for market purposes. 
DOWNING. — Large, globular, red. Tree symmetrical and pro- 
ductive. 
*FOREST GARDEN — Very large, round, mottled red and 
yellow, juicy, sweet and rich. The tree is clean, healthy, 
strong, vigorous and productive. 
ETTA — Large, round, red on yellow ground. Tree of fine 
form and very productive. 
* H AWK EYE — Tree hardy, thrifty and an annual bearer 
Fruit large, color light, mottled red; of superior quality* 
very firm and an excellent shipper. 
HAMMER — Of large size, firm, juicy and delicious. Tree a 
good, strong grower. 
* * MINER.— An old but popular variety in some sections on 
account of its large crop of fruit.. Medium size, dull red. 
NEW ULM A Minnesota variety, said to be very hardy vig- 
orous and productive. Fruit of medium size, firm, juicy and 
pleasant. 
OCHEEDA. — Medium size, round, red. Flesh firm, sweet and 
juicy. 
*POTTOWATOMIE — Large size, yellow, overspread with pink and white dots 
Flesh firm. Tree a strong grower, perfectly hardy and productive. 
PRAIRIE FLOWER. — Similar to the Miner in size, form and color. Flesh 
firm and juicy. 
ROCKFORD — Medium size, reddish purple. Tree hardy and a good grower. 
ROLLINGSTONE. — Fruit of medium size, round, firm flesh. Fine for dessert 
use. A heavy and continuous bearer when the tree attains some size. 
*WEAVER — Originated in Iowa. Tree very hardy, thrifty and prolific. 
Fruit large, purple, of good quality. 
*WOLF. — Of largest size, and finest flavor. Resembles the well known Lom- 
bard Tree a most vigorous grower and exceedingly prolific, as well as 
being perfectly hardy. 
WYANT. — Large, roundish, oblong, sometimes slightly flattened. Color deep 
purplish red. Very thrifty, clean, healthy and productive. 
"WILD GOOSE. — Fruit large, clear, bright red. Firm, juicy and sweet. Per- 
fectly hardy everywhere. 
Milton. 
SPRAYING. 
In all of the large fruit growing sections of the country spraying is resorted 
to regularly in order to obtain the best and largest crops of fruit. Insects, blight 
and disease can be successfully eradicated by spraying if donein time and attended 
to in an intelligent and thorough manner. The spraying mixtures are quite in- 
expensive, easily prepared and quickly applied. The spray pumps can be had at 
small expense, will last for years and repay their cost many times in a single 
season. Systematic spraying will double the income from any orchard, and make 
the fruit large, clean and salable which otherwise would rot on the trees or ground 
or be fed to the hogs. A full and complete line of Spray Pumps is illustrated on 
page 109. 
OUR OOMPLF.TE SPRAYING CIRCULAR telling when and how to spray 
and giving many formulas for mixing ingredients will be mailed on application. 
