Neosho, Missouri 
PLUMS 
PLUMS 
Plums are especially fine for eating fresh, for jellies, preserves, and marmalade, and 
unexcelled for canning and drying. 
Various plums are adapted to great differences in temperature, moisture, and soil. 
Some varieties will thrive wherever apples or peaches can be grown. 
Out of two thousand varieties which are now or have been under cultivation, we 
offer twelve, chosen for hardiness, productiveness, quality, and adaptability to wide 
variations in climate. Most of them bear the third or fourth year. 
It is one of the very best fruit trees for the home garden and offers great capacity for 
development commercially. 
ABUNDANCE A pinkish-red plum, covered with a thin 
(Prunus triflora) bloom. Medium size, a roundish oval". 
Flesh is yellow, tender, melting, unusually 
juicy and refreshing; sweet, aromatic, good. Tree is large, 
vigorous grower, hardy, and \'ery productive. Early. Adapt- 
able to wide diversity of Soils and climates, bears heavily and 
regularly. Poor shipper and keeper; much subject to brown 
rot; matures unevenly and drops too r^dily as it ripens. 
Should be picked before quite ripe; dropping and rot are 
thus avoided and flavor is better. 
AMERICA An improved Gold, originated by Bur- 
CP. Munsoniana and bank; a beautiful waxen yellow, with 
P. triflora) currant-red cheek. Flesh is yellow, 
juicy, sweet, very good for cooking. 
The tree is a large, strong grower, spreading, open top; ex- 
tremely hardy and productive, and succeeds where others 
fail. Considering its parentage, phenomenally free from rot. 
Early. 
BURBANK A dark red, roundish plum; better quality and 
(P. triflora) shipper and less susceptible to brown rot than 
Abundance. The flesh is a deep yellow, firm, 
very juicy, aromatic, and sweet. The tree is healthy, but 
not quite as fast a grower as Abundance. Has a flat, spread- 
ing top. Does not tnrive in the South, where it is poor in 
quality and rots badiy. A week later than Abundance. 
ENDICOTT Endicott combines the high quality of the 
(P. triflora) European with the hardiness and adaptability 
(P. domestica) of tWe Japanese. One of the sweetest, juiciest 
plums. It averages very large in size, round- 
ish, slightly flattened at the end; dark g.'srnet-red, with 
a faint bloom. Flesh is a light yellow, firm and rich 
Midseason. , Mr. Endicott wrote of this plum: 
„/^'^ have fruited it side by side with Red June and 
I'Gold, and I think it is worth more than both of them 
_''put together. In fact, it is the best plum I have ever 
seen for our low elevation and changeable climate. It 
'^generally ripens here about the Fourth of July. By 
J 'thinning them and spraying with self-boiled limc- 
'sulphur, I have grown them two inches in diameter." 
FRENCH DAMSON Dull purplish-black colo.. Flesh 
(P. insititia) very juicy, tender, sweet, pleasant, 
and extra high quality. Tree large, 
vigorous, spreading, hardy, and productive. Ripens a little 
later than Shropshire. 
GREEN GAGE A large, roundish, oval plum; light green- 
(Reine Claude) ish-yellow. Firm, sweet, mild, rich flavor, 
(P. domestica) very juicy, aromatic; extra good quality. 
Tree is ot mediinn size and vigor, pro- 
ductive, and hardy. Thrives best on light sandy soils. 
Chief defects: susceptible to sun-scald and fruit cracks if 
showers occur at ripening time. Midseason. 
ITALIAN PRUNE 
(P. domestica) 
The Italian, or Fellenburg, is the larg- 
est, best, and one of the most widely 
grown ot all prunes. Long oval shape, 
rich purphsh-biack; almost daik wine color, overspread with 
a thick blue bloom. It is a very large size, flesh firm, yellow, 
aromatic, juicy, rich, sweet, and very high quality. Fine 
flavor for dessert and cooking. Keeps and ships well. Apt 
to suflfer from dry or hot weather. Succeeds everj-where 
except in the more southern States. Late season. 
LOMBARD The most widely planted plum in America, 
(P. domestica) noted for hardiness and dependabilitj . Me- 
dium to largo size and oval shape; purplish- 
red or reddish-violet color, overspread with a thin bloom; 
easily sold because of its beauty. It is inferior in quality; 
but does verj' well for cooking, canning, and preserving. 
Midseason. 
OMAHA A large, round, brilliant, coral-red plum. 
(P. triflora and Flesh is firm, yellow, juicy, and sweet. 
P. Americana) Tiee is a strong, vigorous grower, hardy, 
and productive. Early. 
RED JUNE A large garnet-red, heart-shaped pium, pointed 
(P. triflora) at the tip. Flesh is light yellow, meaty, sweet 
peculiarly aromatic. Tree is a large, vigor- 
ous, upright, spreading grower; very hardy and productive. 
Should be planted with other varieties for cross-poUination. 
Comparatively immune to curculic and brown rot. Usually 
ripens a week before Abundance. Early. 
The Endicott Plum. 
SHROPSHIRE DAMSON 
(P. insititia) 
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The most widely planted Dam- 
son. Oval shape; purplish- 
black, covered with a thin 
bloom; flesh is juicy, firm, tender, sprightly, and pleasant. 
Tree is a strong, vigorous grower, quite hardy. A standard 
for productivity and reliability in bearing; fair for eating 
fresh, and one of the best for culinary purposes. Fruit 
ripens late over a long season. 
WILD GOOSE An old-time favorite; bright red; medium 
(P. Munsoniana) size; flesh is yellow, very juicy, tender. 
melting, very sweet, except slightly acid 
next to the seed. This is a very large, strong, flat-topped 
grower; hardy and most productive. Good shipper and 
keeper; comparatively fiee f.om brown rot and curcu:io. 
Plant near other varieties for cross-pollination: Very early. 
