THE CROMWELL NURSERY, CROMWELL, CONN. 
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PLUMS, continued. 
growth and general appearance the tree is like the American 
Chickasaw Plums. The fruit is larger than the average Japans and 
4 to 16 times as large 
as Robinson or Mari- 
anna. Fruit a beauti- 
ful, glossy coral-red ; 
flesh yellow and very 
delicious. Ripens two 
weeks before Bur- 
bank.” 
S. D. Willard says 
of America : ‘ ‘ One of 
the finest Plums I ever 
tasted ; while its color 
is so attractive as to 
make it nearly irresist- 
ible.” 
The tree has made 
a good growth here 
and seems hardy. 75c. 
Apple. “Tree a 
very fine, strong 
New Plum, "Apple.” grower, with peculiar 
light brown bark. The 
fruit, which is about i'/ z inches in diameter, is striped and mottled 
until nearly ripe, when it turns to a deep reddish purple. The 
superlatively rich, high-flavored, sweet or subacid flesh is rather 
firm, pale red, with streaks of pink ; nearly freestone. Ripens soon 
after Burbank, and sometimes keeps a month or more.” Its growth 
here is similar to Burbank’s. 75 cts. 
Chaleo. “ A Simonii-Burbank cross. A tremendous grower 
of unsurpassed 
p roductiveness. 
Ripens before Bur- 
bank, is large, flat 
like a tomato, deep 
reddish purple; 
flesh very sweet, 
firm and fragrant. 
The fruits are as 
stemless as a peach , 
and completely sur- 
round the older 
branches, like ker- 
nels on a huge ear 
of corn. A supe- 
riorshipping Plum, 
as it ripens well 
when picked! green 
and keeps nearly 
or quite a month. 
Chaleo is the fore- 
Chaleo. 
