116 SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. A V ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen ITXX~Sn "Northern Grown" Seeds Jre Best 
May's Plums — Selected Varieties For All Uses 
No CLASS 0/ /ruil is more vxherialh popular. They fruit at an early age, 
are profitable to grow in quantities for the market, or in small lots for 
home use, and none yields more readily to care and cultivation, producing 
large crops of the most luscious friiit. All of our plums are budded on 
hardy native stock's; thus insuring their hardiness and adaptability to 
all sections. . 
PRICES, except u:liere otkerwise noud. 4 to 5 feet, 2 years Strong, each 
40c., dozen S4.00, one hundred $30.00; S to 7 feet, 2 years strong, 
each SOc., dozen $5.00, one hundred $55.00, by express or freight. 
SURPRISE 
DEITCH 
MAY'S HARDY AMERICAN VARIETIES 
CHENEY 
MAY'S EUROPEAN VARIETIES 
WHILE not as hardy as American sons they are particularly adapted to 
planting in the south and west. 
Cheney. An unusually good native variety. The tree is of good form and 
as hardy as the oak. The fruit averages large and is of finest quality. 
CottJell Medium' 'vi±™^l%'r°,V'r'"''lS^ purposes Abundance.^ The fruit is very large; lemon yellow, with a heavy redbloom. 
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Forest Gaiden. The fruit is very large and round; purplish red mottled Imperial Gage. Fruit large oval, skin pale green. Flesh juicy sweet 
• wiih yeiiow. Juicy, s cet and rich. The tree is clean, healthy, vigorous and rich, ripening the first of September. Tree very vigorous and very 
and productive. productrve. 
Hammer. Of large size, firm, juicy and delicious. Tree a good stroni? Italian Prune. Fellcnbcrg. A fine late plum. Oval, purple, iuicy and 
grower. delicious. Ripens in September. Parts from the stone. Very good 
Hawkeye. The tree Is hardy, thrifty, and an annual bearer. The fruit is drying. 
large, light in color, mottled with red, of superior quality, very firm and German Prune. A large, long, oval variety. Excellent for drying. Dark 
an excellent shipper. It ripens in September. purple in color. Rich and delicious in flavor. Ripens in September. 
Inkpa. A new variety introduced by N. E. Hansen of South Dakota Exper- productive and hardy. 
imcntal station in 1910. Made by crossing Prunus Simonii and Prunus Lombard. Fruit medium size, round oval, red with violet bloom. Adheres 
Americana. Fruit large; bright red in color, with a purplish bloom. The stone. Ripens last of August. Splendid market variety. Very hardv. 
pit 13 small and the Hesh firm and lu.scious and of most delicious flavor. Shipper's Pride.^ Fruit very large; dark purple; nearly round. Ripens in 
The tree is extremely hardy and an early September. Flesh firm and delicious. Tree hardy and productive, 
bearer. We recommend it highly. Shropshire Damson. The fruit is small, oval. The skin is purple, with a 
4 to 5 feet, 2 years strong each blue bloom. The flesh is melting and juicy, rather tart. Separates 
50c., dozen $5.00. easily from the stone. Ripens in September. 
Moore's Arctic. Medium sized, and purplish black, with 
light blue bloom. The flesh is greenish yellow; juicy and 
sweet, and of delicious flavor. The tree is a healthy 
but a slow grower and an early and abundant bearer. 
Fruit ripens the last of August. 
Milton. Another native variety of great merit. 
I'Vuit extra large, roundish oblong, dark green. 
Skin is thin, llesh firm and of excellent quality. 
The earliest variety in cultivation. 
Ocheeda. Medium size, round, red. 
I'lcsh is firm, sweet and juicy. 
Prairie Flower. Similar to the Miner in 
size, form and color. Flesh firm, juicy. 
Rockford. The fruit is reddish purple 
and of medium size. Quality good. 
Sapa. Another variety grown by N. 
K. Hansen of the South Dakota Kx- 
perimeutal Station, made by crossing 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ of Sultan and a selected seedling of the 
Prunus 1907. 
Tree hardy, early and abundant; fruit is 
small, round and glossy; smooth dark pur- 
ple skin and dark red flesh that is firm and 
very sweet. 4 to 5 feet, 2 year strong, each 
50c., dozen $5.00. 
Stoddard. One o^ the largest native plums. It 
is a light pinkish red in color; tough, sweet skin. 
Surprise. A rare combination of the useful and the 
^ beautiful, the Surprise Plum bears delicious fruit and mag- 
. -^^^^^^^^^^^^^ nificent foliage. Fruit large; deep red in color with yelljw 
ABUNDANCE ^^^^^^^^^^^ flesh, tender and very rich in sugar juice. Tree is very productive \ajca\/co 
and one of the most desirable for every purpose on the market. WtAVER 
nnrni^ H^.rdv thrifts. ,..H v^^^" ^1"'^' '"'''^"'"S '» August, 13 large, WoIf. One of the very finest of its kind and color, and one which we can 
"wiant* A v^rv- non nUr < rr'^^ T^^^^ • u . t., o ir b ivcrs. Fruit is round-oval. Color crimson 
Wyant. A vcr> popular sort. 1 he fru.i L-r^e nhl«n. ,«m.t.m..c ^hghtly over_ dotted orange. The fleUi is yellow, and oHPfery fine flavor; the 
quality is unsurpassed — a great favorite wherever grown. 
Weaver. Originated in Iowa. ^ ... ^. 
purple. Hardy, thrifty and prolific, and a constant bearer. 
Wyant. A very popular sort. The fruit is large, oblong, sometimes s 
tbitened. A deep purplish red and of an excellent quality. 
