Six of Burbank^s Best New Plums 
At Least One of Each Should be in Every Collection 
"AMERICA." 
the hlSTo^ orrattvl""?r^ft''\rr«;,"han°'tr.' IV^^'^'^lHl' HuaHty and ,iz. of th. Japanese with 
popular native sorts and is rit siiroa^-d fn h^,n.l h "^jerage Japanese, and many times larger than tht 
yellow, moderately firT inHf eKeUent Su^M tf*^ R^^^^^^^^ «>>••■ ^^"^ "gh 
vigorous, hardy and productive One of the b"t^n r?,u^ Jf/^ ^"^ l' a splendid keeper. T^et 
productions. utiive. une oi the best in cultivation, and considered one of Burbank's best 
APPLE PLUM. 
Tree a Tory flne.strong, somewbat spreading erower, with peciUiar light browT. bark. The fruit 
which 18 about seven inches in circiimferoiice. ia striped and mottled until nearly ripe when it 
turns to a deep reddish purple. The superlatively hish-flavored sub-acid flesh is rather Arm of a 
pinkish color and nearly freestone. Eipens soon after Burbank, and keeps for nearly a month 
Its many good qualities will bring it into general favor. '^"uin. 
"CHALCO " 
A New Early Plum -THE "CLIMAX." 
dncing ajief Kilig th? CUMA.K ••-whfch°LTh;Test sefecHo-rfrom'lVre t m mber S^h^^i^rTds"' 
large Te;"s-rhrve^;-;il°u7e:;fS^^^^^^^^^^ "ranches, prominent buds and very 
much'^i^orrrtVcolored"'''^"''- ^"""^ °' '''^ times as large, two or three wee..^ earlier and v. ry 
fruit Jhipphig.' e™wn, and one which will change the whole business- of early 
, _ A New Plum— "SHIRO." 
from seed of wtS'' a trl-specific hybrid-a combination of Robinson, Myrobolan and Wickson, 
condiLn for a^noSj^J '^^S^^l^l,^^-;^^^^^ ^^I^iV?-? '^iS-^ 
A New Plum — " SULTAN *' 
or'^^^^2^|^--;;^y;^;;|^r^^o,n^^^ 
which has heretofore heL-n far above all otherTums when i1, tl I, Satsuma when cooked 
at least a month earlier than Satsuma. The tree is veTv7r„Yf f„ ^e season of ' SULTAN' is 
in public favor."-H. E. VanDeman iu A^ra/Jv^j^ r/r^s;^ '• ^ t° '^ke a high jSace 
