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E. W. Reid’s Catalogue ok Small Fruits, Etc. 
The plum, like the pear and other finer fruits, attains its greatest perfection on our heavy soil, being entirelv 
free fiom disease. The curcuho, a small, dark brown beetle, often stings the fruit, causing it to drop off- but 
the following directions faithfully observed, will secure a good crop of this splendid fruit everywhere : ' 
• _ As soc "', a . s the 'i° ss ° ms are ‘ a,len > spread two sheets under the tree, and give the tree a sudden jar by strik 
“ smart b ,l°w with a hammer upon the stub of a limb sawed from the tree for the purpose : the insects will 
on the sheet, and can be killed. Collect all the fallen fruit and burn or feed to swine. Repeat the opera- 
tion every day for two or three weeks. It should be done before sunrise. P 
VARIETIES OF 
Heavy first-class, 5 to 7 ft. ; Min. and up . . 
Light first-class, 5 to 6 ft. ; H to Min . . 
Second-class, 4 to 5 ft. ; 'A to Min 
Extra, 6 to 8 ft 
Mailing size, postpaid 
N. B. — No Plums on peach roots. 
SPECIAL MERIT. 
4 trees for -$i 
Each 
$0 50 
45 
£ 
30 
Doz, 
$5 00 
4 50 
4 00 
6 00 
Per 100 
$30 00 
25 00 
18 00 
35 00 
ABUNDANCE. 
This is a remarkable fruit, and unlike any other 
plum. I11 growth it is so strong and handsome as 
to render it worthy of being planted as an orna- 
mental tree— equaling in thrift and beauty Kieffer 
pear, which it even excels in early and profuse 
bearing. It is exceedingly hardy. Its propensity 
for early bearing is such that it loads itself with 
fruit in the nursery row, bending the limbs with the 
weight until they sometimes break, and this is the 
case every year. The curculio lias no effect upon 
it, the eggs failing to hatch anti produce the de- 
structive grub, the same as with Spaulding. We 
have seen even little one-year-old saplings but two 
feet high, become white with bloom, and set heavily 
with fine plums. The fruit is very large, showy 
and beautiful, amber-colored, turning to a rich, 
bright cherry, with a decided white bloom, and 
highly perfumed ; flesh light yellow, exceedingly 
juicy and tender, and of delicious sweetness. 
BURBANK. 
Of the many varieties introduced from Japan, 
the Burbank is the most promising, its flavor being 
the best. The tree is universally vigorous, and has 
strong branches, and begins to bear, usually, when 
two years old. The skin of the fruit is thick and is 
almost curculio-proof. An admirable shipping 
variety ; ripens from June 20 till the last of the 
month. 
