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tree does not live very long, and new trees 
ought to be planted every year to always have 
an abundance of this useful fruit. The Amer- 
ican or Chickasaw varieties are mostly used for 
preserves and jellies, while Japanese varieties 
are for the table. 
Rich loam with gravel sub-soil is the best 
soil for plum culture, while sandy soil is al- 
most as good if manured. 
The following is the best collection for the 
South and cannot be excelled by any: 
First — A combination cross of Hawkeye, 
Hammer, Milton, Wyant and Burbank. The 
earliest of all plums; the largest and most pro- 
ductive of all early plums. It blooms late, and 
ripens in an incredibly short time after bloom- 
ing. Tree never fails to produce all it can hold. 
McCartney — Originated in Texas; larger 
than Wild Goose; 14 days earlier; egg-shaped, 
golden yellow color; enormous bearer. This 
is the best yellow plum. 
Shiro — A combination of Robinson, Myro- 
bolan and Wickson. Rank grower, enormously 
productive; fruit will keep a month, and is so 
transparent the pit can be seen through the 
flesh; apple-shaped; the earliest of all Japan- 
ese plums. 
Gonzales — A cross between the American 
and Japan plum. The fruit is larger than a 
Botan, it is sweet and juicy and will keep for 
a week after ripening. The tree is a good 
grower and is very prolific. It ripens the mid- 
dle of June. 
Nona — Ripens June 28; large, somewhat 
pointed, color bright red, flesh yellow, juicy, 
high quality; regular bearer; very valuable for 
our section. We consider it one of the best 
plums. 
Happiness — A new hybrid. The fruit is very 
large, color glowing red, and quality it is rarely 
equaled. It is really the most productive of 
all plums. Tree is a good grower. Pit very 
small. Three-year-old trees averaged $5.00 per 
tree this year, as this variety was not damaged 
by the late frost last spring. 
Bartlett — Has the quality and flavor of the 
Bartlett pear. Fruit turns a deep crimson when 
fully ripe, light salmon colored flesh. Tree has 
a beautiful upright growth. 
Sweet Botan — Japanese; one of the finest 
oldest varieties which is too popular to need 
a long description. 
Wickson — Japanese; tree grows in vase form, 
sturdy and upright. The fruit is evenly dis- 
tributed all over the tree. It changes to white 
when about half grown, and remains so until a 
few days before ripening, when it changes to 
a glowing carmine. Small stone; the flesh is 
of a fine texture, firm, sugary and delicious 
and will keep two weeks after ripening. A 
fine rare plum. 
Mikado — A very large plum of greenish yel- 
low color, nearly round, very little suture; 
rapid grower, more so than any other. This 
is the most remarkable of all plums for its 
enormous size and quality. 
The Santa Rosa — No one fruit has so strong- 
ly individualized the name of Luther Burbank 
as the plum. Some twenty varieties, now well 
known and very widely grown, are the result 
of his creative genius, all of which have stood 
