PLUMS 
Endicott Plum 
Damson Shropshire — Gieat for preserves and marmalades 
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. 1[ Out of two thousand 
varieties which are now or have been under cultivation, we offer twelve, chosen for hardiness, produc- 
tiveness, quality, and adaptability to wide variations in climate. Most of them bear the third or 
fourth year. If 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, 
(Prunus triflora) covered with a thin 
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 very pro- 
ductive. Early. Adaptable 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 readily 
as it ripens. Should be picked before 
quite ripe; dropping and rot are thus 
avoided and flavor is better. 
AMERICA 
(P. Munsoniana and 
P. triflora) 
BURBANK A dark red, roundish plum; 
(P. triflora) better quality and shipper 
and less susceptible to 
brown rot than Abundance. The flesh 
is a deep yellow, firm, very juicy, aro- 
matic, and sweet. The tree is healthy, 
not quite as fast a grower as Abundance; 
flat, spreading top. A week later than 
Abundance. 
One authority Bays: "Does not thrive in the South, 
where it is poor in quality and rots badly," 
FRENCH DAMSON Dull purplish- 
CP. insititia) black color. Flesh 
very juicy, ten- 
der, 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 
(Reine Claude) plum; light greenish- 
CP. domestica) yellow. Firm, sweet, 
mild, rich flavor, very 
juicy, aromatic; extra good quality. 
Tree is of medium size and vigor, pro- 
ductive, and hardy. Thrives best on 
high, sandy soils. Chief defects: sus- 
An improved 
Gold, originated 
by Burbank; a 
beautiful waxen 
yellow, with currant-red cheek. Flesh is 
yellow, juicy, sweet, very good for cook- 
ing. The tree is a large, strong grower, 
spreading, open top; extremely hardy 
and productive, and succeeds where 
others fail. Considering its parentage, 
phenomenally free from rot. Early. 
ENDICOTT Endicott combines the high quality of the European with the 
(P. triflora) hardiness and adaptability of the Japanese. One of the 
(P. domestica) sweetest, juiciest plums. It averages very large in 
size, roundish, slightly flattened at the end; dark 
garnet-red, with a faint bloom. Flesh is a light yellow, firm and 
rich. Midseason. Mr. Endicott wrote of this plum: 
"I have fruited it side by side with 
Red June and 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 thinning them and spraying with sclf- 
boiled lime-sulphus, I have grown them 
two inches in diameter." 
ceptible to sun-scald and fruit cracks if 
showers occur at ripeni ng t ime. M idseason. 
ITALIAN PRUNE The Italian or Fel- 
(P. domestica) lenburg, is the larg- 
est, best, and one 
of the most widely grown of all prunes. 
Long oval shape, rich purplish-black; 
almost dark 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 suffer from dry 
or hot weather. Succeeds everwhere 
except in the more Southern states. 
Late season. 
LOMBARD The most widely plant- 
CP. domestica) ed plum in America, 
noted for hardiness and 
dependability. Medium to large 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 very 
well for cooking, canning and preserving. 
Midseason. The Lombard is a remark- 
able combination of the 
good commercial qualities 
of tree and fruit, and is 
comparatively free from 
attacks of insects 
and fungus diseases. 
It is the universal 
lum for the mil- 
lions. 
"The Endicott plum trees I 
bought of you have more than 
doubled in size in this Spring's 
growth." — S. C. Ragan, Jr., 
Warren Countv, Miss., July 28, 
1919. 
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