The Cromwell Nursery, Cromwell, Conn. 21 
Robinson, Myrobolan and Wickson, from seed of Wickson. “In 
foliage, growth and general appearance the tree most resembles a 
Myrobolan, but is a much stronger grower than any of the three 
front which it came ; wood very hard and wiry, ripening up early. 
“The fruit, which is produced in the utmost profusion, is medium 
to large, very uniform in size, clear light yellow, with an almost 
imperceptible thin white bloom. So transparent that the pit can 
be seen through the flesh, which is firm yet juicy — a rich, pleasant 
subacid clingstone. Ripens two weeks before Burbank, and is 
nearly or quite as productive ; keeps a month or more. 
“From its ancestry and general appearance it should prove 
of great value where it is 
too cold to raise most of 
the good Plums.” 75 cts. 
Sultan. “This huge, 
oval, deep purplish crim- 
son fruit is generally 
thought by those who 
have tested it to be the 
very best, or one of the 
best, Plums produced. 
“The flesh is remark- 
ably firm and solid, fra- 
grant, subacid or sweet, 
dark crimson, beautifully 
clouded and shaded with 
light pink, salmon and 
light yellow ; showing in 
the fruit a curious combi- 
nation of ancestral dy- 
namics. 
“ Remarkable for the sultan pium. 
great proportion of flesh 
compared with the diminutive seed. The tree grows very rapidly, 
but is compact ; has wood and leaves as much like the Napoleon 
cherry as like a Plum. Exceedingly productive, ripening a week 
before Burbank; falls like apples as soon as ripe ; a great keeper.” 
Prof. Van Deman says, in The Rural New-Yorker : “Sultan is 
my choice of all the new Plums which I have tested. It is a cross 
between Wickson and Satsuma. It is large, being over two inches 
in diameter and nearly round in shape. The surface is smooth, 
dark wine-red or garnet, and very handsome. In flavor it is 
excellent, being tart enough, yet not sour, but a delicious subacid. 
No Plum that I have eaten is better, and when cooked it could 
scarcely be equaled. It has all the high flavor of Satsuma when 
cooked. The season of Sultan is at least a month earlier. The 
tree is very fruitful. $1 each ; i-year trees only. 
GARDEN ROOTS? 
ASPARAGUS. We offer Palmetto and Conover's Colossal, first-class 
plants, 25 cts. per doz., 60 cts. per 100, $4 per 1,000. 
RHUBARB, Linneaus. $1 per doz. 
HORSE-RADISH. 50 cts. per doz., $2.50 per 100. 
