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COMAL SPRINGS NURSERY 
Yellow Japan, one of the earliest Japanese plums. It is a heavy and reg- 
ular bearer; color a clear yellow; fruit heart-shaped, of good size, very sweet 
and firm. Ripens end of May and beginning of June. 
Excelsior, new, seedling of Kelsej'^ Japan. Fruit medium, sweet, juicy, 
melting, color reddish purple ; a good early plum. 
Wild Goose, Chickasaw, ^'igorous, red, large, very good, abundant when 
fertihzed. 
nikado,a verj' large plum of greenish yellow color, nearly round, very 
little suture, a rapid grower, more so than any other. This is the most re- 
markable of all plums for its enormous size, beauty and good quaUty. It is 
probably the largest plum in existence. 
Mariana, vigorous, red, medium, good bearer, very fine for a shade tree. 
16 cents each, -SIO per 100; 6 to 7 feet, well branched, 25 cents each. 
Sweet Botan Japanese, one of the finest older varieties, which is too 
popular to need long description. 
Gonzales, a cross between the American and Japan plum. The fruit is 
as large as a large Botan, it is sweet and juicy and will keep a week after 
ripening. The tree is a good grower and is very prolific. It ripens the mid- 
dle of June. 
Climax,a cross of Simoni and Botan. Very large, and so fragrant a whole 
house is perfumed with a single fruit. Mr. Burbank says: “Productive as 
Burbank, several times as large, two or three weeks earlier and very much 
more nicely colored; the most wonderful plum ever grown and one that will 
change the whole business of early fruit shipping.” 
Shiro, a combination of Robinson, Myrobolan and Wickson. Rank 
grower, enormously productive, fruit will keep a month, and is so transpar- 
ent the pit can be seen through the flesh; egg-shaped. Ripens two weeks 
before Burbank. 
America, a seedling of Robinson, crossed with Botan. The most beauti- 
ful of all plum trees in appearance. It is of large size, a little above the av- 
erage size of Japanese plums, and from four to sixteen times as large as the 
popular American varieties. Plesh of a light yellow color, moderately firm 
and very delicious. Ripens two or three weeks earlier than Burbank. Ex- 
ceedingly prolific. 
Red June,a vigorous, hardy, upright, spreading tree, productive, fruit 
medium, deep vermiUion red, flesh light lemon yellow and of pleasant qual- 
ity. Early. 
Everbearing this is certainly a fine plum. The fruit is small, but de- 
liciously flavored and very sweet, and is produced in great abundance. 
Should be gathered under the tree (not picked off) every morning. Begins 
to ripen about the middle of June and continues to about the middle of Aug- 
ust, the last fruit being just as good as the first. 25 cents each. 
Wassu this is a valuable new plum. The growth of the tree, size of 
fruit and productiveness are the same as in Burbank, but the fruit is much 
sweeter and has a fine flavor. Ripens a few days before Burbank. 
Chaleo a eross between Burbank and Simoni, the beautiful, fragrant 
Asiatic plum, and is the first one of the strain ever produced. The fruit, 
which ripens just before Burbank, is large, flat like a tomato, deep reddish 
purple, wth very sweet, rather firm, exceedingly fragrant, yellow flesh and 
a small seed. The fruit completely surrounds the older branches as thick as 
it can stick, hke kernels on a huge ear of corn. Good keeping quality. 
