J. H. GIRARDEAU, PROPRIETOR, MONTICELLO, FLORIDA. 
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Burbank. It has long been undecided whether 
the honor of first place among the older varieties of 
Japan Plums should belong to Burbank or Abun- 
dance. The Abundance is the better known, but 
Burbank is claimed to be finer by those who grow 
them largely for profit. Ripens four weeks later 
than Abundance, and strongly resembles that variety 
in shape, color and growth of tree, but the fruit 
is considerably larger, and, if that be possible, of 
better quality. 
Abundance, or Yellow-fleshed Botan. Is 
large, round, with pointed .apex, but varies from 
quite round to sharply pointed. Of all the 
Plums that have fruited with us, this ranks next 
to Burbank in value, is a little later, and is larger 
than the Burbank, and the tree is a stronger 
grower. It should be very extensively planted 
for market, and is also excellent for home use and 
canning. 
Satsuma Blood. A purple-fleshed Plum of 
very vigorous growth, with rank, dark green foli- 
age; enormously productive of fruit; large; skin 
dark purplish red. mottled with bluish bloom ; 
shape globular or with a sharp point ; flesh firm ; 
juicy, dark red or blood color, well-flavored, firm, 
quality very good ; pit but little larger than a 
cherry stone. Fruits at two or three years of 
age. Considered by some to be the most valuable 
of Japan Plums. Ripens July 25. 
Kelsey. This most remarkable variety sus- 
tains every point of excellence claimed for it by 
the introducers. Size large to very large, often 7 
to 9 inches in circumference ; heart-shaped ; color 
greenish yellow, overspread with a reddish purple 
and blue bloom ; flesh very solid, yellow, rich and 
juicy, and with excellent flavor ; pit very small, 
adheres slightly to the flesh. For canning or evap- 
orating it is also most valuable. 
Long-Fruited. A vigorous grower, resembling 
the Botan, but has not yet fruited with us. 
Masu. Of medium size, slightly pointed, light 
red ; flesh yellowish, melting, juicy, subacid ; nearly 
freestone ; second quality, but showy, and therefore 
saleable. Maturity end of June. 
ABUNDANCE. 
Marianna, Improved Chickasaw Type. Finer, 
larger and much earlier than the Wild Goose, of 
which it is a seedling ; an early and abundant bearer 
of medium sized, handsome, smooth and highly- 
colored fruit, in quality good as Robinson. The 
fruit commences to ripen June 15, and lasts about 
three weeks. For a good, dense shade, and a cool 
run for poultry, there is nothing equal to a Marianna 
thicket when the trees are planted about 6 or 8 feet 
apart. Every person in the extreme South who is 
raising poultry should have a Marianna thicket for 
his chickens during the hot, dry summer months. 
The tree has enormous roots, that run deep into the 
soil ; stands heat and drouth to perfection ; does not 
sucker. 
Price of Plums, 15 cts. each, si for 10, $7.50 per loo. 
Grafted Pecans. 
Having long since decided that seedling Pecans were utterly unreliable, we have propagated a limited 
number of trees by grafting, using grafts from a very choice tree. 
The nuts from this tree are large, with very thin shells ; two can 
be readily cracked by pressing together in one hand, and the 
kernel can be shelled out entire, using the fingers only. The 
entire crop from this tree sells readily at 50 cents a pound, and 
the grafts are worth 10 cents apiece. It is a fact proved by obser- 
vation and experience that very few seedlings can be depended on 
to reproduce their parent in size and quality, and Pecans are no 
exception to this rule, and those who buy high-priced nuts to raise 
fine trees are doomed to bitter disappointment. The following 
clipping from a work on nut culture, issued by the Department 
pecan. of Agriculture of the Uuited States, confirms this opinion : 
Some growers have claimed that 
the improved varieties come true from the seed, and have deprecated other 
modes of propagation as likely to lessen the vigor of the tree. The evidence 
thus far presented, however, indicates that the improved Pecans are as vari- 
able in their seedlings as other fruit trees, and can not be depended on to 
reproduce themselves from seed. 
PRICE OF PECANS. _ . 
Each 
1- year trees, 1 to 2^ feet $1 co 
2- year trees, 2^ to 6 feet 50 
“The man who plants a > 
choice nut. expecting to get a > 
tree just like the parent, is a ) 
brother of the man who ) 
plants an apple seed and ex- ) 
pects to raise a Hen Davis > 
apple, the only difference be- ) 
ing that he has to wait twice ) 
v as long to find out he was 
< mistaken.” 
