DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CATALOGUE. 
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Peine Claude de Bavay. Large; greenish-yellow, spotted 
with red ; firm, juicy, sugary and of fine quality; very productive. 
September. 
Shipper's Pride. The fruit is of a large size, it being no un- 
common occurrence to find si)ecimens measuring two inches in diam- 
eter each way, as it is nearly round ; it i.s what Mr. Charles Downing 
calls a semi-cling, of a handsome dark purple color, excellent for can- 
ning, and an unusually good shipper, arriving at its destination in 
good order, and keeping a long time in excellent condition, 
SInropshire Damson (or Prune Damson). An English var- 
iety of great merit for preserving. Large, and much more desirable 
than the common Damson. Tree vigorous grower, very free from 
attacks of curculio ; hardy, and an abundant bearer. 
Washington. Large, green, somewhat reddened ; juicy, sweet 
and fine; very producive. Last of August. 
HALE JAPAN PLUM. 
I Rardy 3apane$e Plums* 
Red June. A vigorous, hardy, upright, spreading tree, as pro- 
ductive as Abundance; fruit medium to large, deep verrnilion red, with 
handsome bloom, very showy ; flesh light lemon yellow, slightly sub- 
acid, of grod and pleasant quality ; h'alf cling, pit .^niall. Ripens a 
few days after Willard. and is the best in quality of any of the early 
varieties. When a little better known likely to be in great demand 
for orchard planting. 
Abundance. Medium in size (or large when thinned), vary- 
ing from nearly spherical to distinctly sharp-pointed, the point often 
oblique ; ground color rich yellow, overlaid on the sunny side with 
dots and splashes of red, or in some specimens nearly uni- 
formly blush red on the exposed side ; flesh deep yellow, 
juicy and sweet, of good quality when well ripened ; cling. 
A strong-growing, upright tree, with rather narrow leaves, 
and a decided tendency to overbear. This is the best known 
of all Japanese Plums in the north, and its popularity is 
deserved. Has thus far been more extensively planted than 
any other. Sea,son August 5 to 15. 
Burbank. The fruit is usually from 5 to s)4 inches 
in circumference, vaiying less in size than the other Japan- 
ese Plums; it is nearly globular : clear cherry red, sometimes 
showing yellow dots, or even marbled, with a thin lilac bloom; 
flesh deep yellow, Arm and meaty, rich and sugary, with a 
peculiar and very agreeable flavor ; cling. Tree usually 
vigorous, often low-spreading, except in its sprawling habit 
of growth, wiih strong shoots, and large, rather broad leaves, 
resembles Abundance both in fruit and tree ; fruit averages 
larger and of better quality, and is rather handsomer. Sea- 
son August 25 to September 10. 
Hale. Pkof. L. H. Bam.ev, the highest American 
authority on Japan Plunjs, in Cornell Bulle'tin 106, Januaiy, 
1896, " Revised Opinions of Japan Plums," says of the Hale 
