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THE CHASE NURSERIES. 
Heine Claude de Bavay. Fruit large, roundish oval ; skin greenish yellow ; flesh 
yellow, juicy, rich, and excellent. Last of September. 
Shipper's Pride. Originated in the State of New York, near Lake Ontario. The 
tree seems to be perfectly hardy and very vigorous in its growth ; also wonderfully 
productive. The fruit is of large size, dark purple color, fine, juicy, and sweet ; 
excellent for canning. Ripens from the first to the middle of September. 
■ Turkish Prune. Large, beautiful blue color ; flesh solid ; freestone ; quality extra. 
Good bearer, hardy, and prolific ; the best prune in cultivation. 
Union Purple (Reagle's). Tree a very vigorous grower. Fruit large, roundish 
oval ; skin reddish purple covered with a thin bloom ; stalk short and stout ; flesh 
greenish, vinous, sweet ; adheres to the stone. September. 
Yellow 'Egg. Fruit of the very largest size ; skin yellow, with numerous white 
dots ; flesh yellow, rather coarse, sub-acid ; fine for cooking. Last of August. 
JAPANESE PLUMS. 
To Japan we owe many valuable fruits and flowers, but perhaps the most valuable 
in many respects are the plums, recently introduced from that country. First, the 
trees are hardy and perfectly healthy ; second, they are remarkably strong and 
beautiful growers and early bearers, two-year-old trees in the nursery row often show- 
ing fine specimens, orchard trees bearing the second season after transplanting ; third, 
they yield immense crops of fruit, which is practically exempt from the attacks of the 
curculio ; fourth, by planting the difierent varieties, one can have plums for a period 
of nearly or quite three months. 
Mr. L. H. Bailey, Professor of Horticulture, Cornell University Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, says : " Altogether the Japanese plums constitute the most important 
type of fruit introduced into North America during the last quarter of a century, and 
they should receive careful test in all parts of the country." 
Abundance. Tree is a very rapid grower, healthy in limb and foliage, comes into 
bearing remarkably young, and yields abundantly. The fruit is fall medium size, 
color a rich, bright cherry red, with a distinct bloom, and highly perfumed ; flesh 
light yellow, very juicy and tender, and of excellent quality ; freestone. It ripens 
in Western New York the last of July. 
Burbank. In general character very similar to Abundance, but of deeper color and 
ripening later in the season. The fruit is large, nearly globular, clear cherry red 
with a thin lilac bloom ; flesh a deep yellow, very sweet, -with a peculiar and very 
agreeable flavor. The tree is a vigorous grower, with large and broad leaves ; very 
prolific. 
Bailey. Large, nearly globular, with only a slight tendency to become conical ; 
■ ground color rich orange, overspread with light and bright cherry red, and show- 
ing many minute orange dots ; flesh thick and melting, yellow, of excellent quality; 
cling. Tree strong and upright, productive. Ripens a week later than Burbank. 
Berckman. Medium (or slightly above if thinned), broadly and obtusely conical, 
and somewhat angular in cross-section ; deep blood red if ripened in the sun ; flesh 
very sweet, moderately juicy, excellent in quality; cling or semi-cling. Ripens 
with Abundance, or just ahead of it. 
