THE CROMWELL NURSERY, CROMWELL, CONN. 
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Holland. A combination of Kelsey and Lone Star. Yellow, overlaid with red. 
50 cts. 
October Purple. This fruit is all right, and we have only two objections to its 
name; first, it does not ripen in October, and, second, it is not purple. The tree is a 
rampant grower and the fruit large and of excellent quality. We would advise every 
man who likes good Plums to set at least one tree, and every orchardist to set a num- 
ber. The fruit is round, slightly flattened; skin green, overlaid with red splashes. 
40 cts. each, $3.50 per doz., $25 
per 100. 
Ragland. A cross between Kel- 
sey and Yellow Transparent. Yel- 
low; clingstone. 35 cts. 
Red May. So named because it 
may be red, and it probably is if it 
has Wild Goose blood in it. Tree 
does not seem to grow as vigorously 
here at the North as where it origi- 
nated. We hope to have some 
fruit on our older trees the coming 
season, that we may judge its value 
here. 50 cts. 
Red October. This Plum also 
hails from Texas, where it is said 
to ripen the middle of October. If 
that is the case it might not ripen 
at all here. Well recommended. 
75 cts. 
OCTOBER PURPLE. 
Shiro. A strong-growing tree of 
the Myrobalan type. Said to ripen 
just ahead of Abundance, to be 
yellow, medium size, rich, pleas- 
ant flavor; productive and a good 
keeper. 50 cts. 
Sultan. "This huge, oval, deep purplish crimson fruit k is [generally thought by 
those who have tested it to be the very best, or one of the best, Plums produced. 
"The flesh is remarkably firm and solid, fragrant, subacid or sweet, dark crimson, 
beautifully clouded and shaded with light 
pink, salmon and light yellow; showing in 
the fruit a curious combination of ancestral 
dynamics. Remarkable for the great pro- 
portion of flesh compared with the dimin- 
utive 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." Pro- 
fessor 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 Sat- 
suma. It is large, being over 2 inches in 
diameter and nearly round in shape. The 
surface is smooth, dark wine-red or gar- 
net, 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. The tree is very 
fruitful. 75 cts. cttt'tam 
