With reasonable care there is no fruit tree that will grow more vigorously or produce 
more freely than Plums. The wide-awake orchardist does not fear black knot; a keen eye 
and a sharp knife is all that is needed to combat it. All the enemies of Plum culture 
readily give way to modern spray methods. 
Trees of the Japanese varieties of plum grow so quickly, produce so abundantly, and 
the fruit is so large and fine that it is possible to produce these delicious plums as abund- 
antly and cheaply as apples. They are much less liable to the black-knot than the Euro- 
pean varieties, and are never so seriously injured by the curculo. They are beautiful in 
appearance, superior in quality, and many of them will keep from ten days to two weeks 
after picking, a great point in favor of their marketing. Like the peach, the trees grow 
so fast and bear so heavily that they have a tendency to be short lived. Growers should 
keep planting some trees each year so as to keep up the supply. 
JAPAN PLUMS 
Abundance — Fruit large, showy, beautiful. 
Amber, turning to a rich, bright cherry color 
with a decided white bloom, and highly per- 
fumed. Flesh light yellow, exceedingly juicy 
and tender, of a delicious sweetness, impos- 
sible to describe. Stone small and parts read- 
ily from flesh. For canning it is of greatest 
excellence. Its season is very early, ripening 
in advance of other plums, thus adding to its 
special value. 
Red June — A vigorous, hardy, upright 
spreading tree, as productive as Abundance; 
fruit medium to large, deep vermilion-red, 
with handsome bloom, very showy; flesh 
light lemon-yellow, slightly subacid, of good 
and pleasant quality; half ciing; pit small. 
Of immense value for its very early ripen- 
ing. It is best in quality of any of the 
early Japanese varieties and is exceptional- 
ly free from rot. Tree strong and spread- 
ing, immensely productive and comes into 
bearing in two or three years. 
Burbank is one of the best Japan Plums. 
Unsurpassed for beauty and productiveness, 
as well as great hardiness of tree, with a 
foliage so perfect as to contribute in an es- 
sential degree to its health. Fruit large, 
oval, often with a slight neck; skin reddish 
purple; flesh yellow, juicy and good. Its 
beauty and value as a market variety is un- 
surpassed. 
It ripens later than the Abundance. There 
are few or none of the Japanese plums so far 
generally tested, that have proven of so much 
worth as the Burbank. It is an abundant 
bearer, and several years' trial has proved it 
to be hardy in almost the entire United 
States. 
Burbank plums are making a good record 
over a large extent of this country. They 
bear abundantly at an early age. The fruit 
is exceedingly beautiful, of fair quality, and 
is especially desirable for canning. 
Satsuma — A purple-fleshed plum of very 
vigorous growth, enormously productive of 
fruit, large, skin dark purplish red, flesh 
firm, juicy, dark red or blood color, well fla- 
vored. Pit very little larger than a cherry 
stone. Unexcelled for canning and preserv- 
ing. Midseason to late. 
Abundance Plum 
Planted in the Spring of 1912 and the above picture was 
taken in the Spring of 1914. In the fall this tiee produced 
VA bushels of Plums. 
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