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Comal Springs Nursery, New Braunfels, Texas 
the test of experience with grow'ers and in the 
market of the world. As a result, his latest, 
the Santa Rosa, is in every way not only a 
superior fruit from every point of view, but 
must be regarded as the best thing in the way 
of plums that has come from his hands. The 
Santa Rosa is a medium bloomer; quality of 
fruit is unequaled; as a shipping plum it is the 
peer of them all. Plums are a deep purplish 
crimson, each fruit averaging 6 inches in cir- 
cumference each way; the flesh near the skin 
is purple shaded with rosy scarlet and pale 
amber towards the stone, which is very small; 
the eating quality is unequaled; rich, fragrant, 
delicious. Ripens a week before Climax and 
two weeks earlier than the Burbank. Tree is 
strong, vigorous, upright grower. 
Success Plum — A new blood red plum; a Jap- 
anese variety; very sweet and juicy; a new 
plum that has been tried thoroughly and 
proved to be very prolific. One-year trees, 8 
to 4 feet, $1.00 each. 
Duarte — The tree is a good grower; it is a 
better plum than Apple, Sultan or any blood 
plum so far introduced. The new plum is from 
seed America by Climax pollen. 1900. Skin deep 
purple, big yellow dots, blue bloom: Tree up- 
right, hardy looking; fine grower, never fail- 
ing; abundant bearer. Ripens July 10. 
Burbank — Japanese; named after the intro- 
ducer of this and most of the other good plums. 
The best bearing variety we have. When fully 
ripe the fruit is deliciously sweet. 
Satsuma — A large and well flavored plum 
with blood red flesh, skin bluish red, pit is 
very small; trees grow large and old, and is a 
very good bearer. 
Excelsior — Fruit medium, sweet, juicy, melt- 
ing, color reddish purple; a good plum and very 
productive. 
America — A seedling of Robinson crossed 
with Botan. The most beautiful of all plum 
trees in appearance. It is of large size, a little 
above the average size of Japanese plums,’ and 
larger than the popular American varieties. 
Flesh of light yellow color, moderately firm and 
very delicious. Ripens two or three weeks 
earlier than Burbank. Exceedingly prolific. 
Kelsey’s Japan — Vigorous; greenish yellow, 
very large, excellent; prolific; sweetest of all 
plums; early bloomer. 
Mulberries 
5 to 6 feet, 50 cents each, $5.00 per dozen. 
6 to 8 feet, 75 cents each, $8.00 per dozen. 
As a shade tree for the chicken yard the 
mulberry is about the best to be had. Chick- 
ens eat the fruit as soon as it drops from the 
tree. The finer varieties are also eaten by 
children. The tree grows very quickly and is 
easily transplanted. 
Hick’s Everbearing — Profuse; ripens three 
months; fine grower for shade and the best 
of all trees for the fowl yard. 
Travis Mulberry — (Everbearing.) Luxuriant, 
symmetrical and compact. Best of all mulber- 
ries for fruit. It is very large and sweet, and 
bears in greatest profusion. Originated in 
Travis County. 
Russian — Unquestionably the best shade 
tree. The tree is very hardy and long-lived, 
and grows rapidly to a beautiful round shape. 
The fruit is small and does not drop from the 
tree when ripe ; some trees do not produce fruit 
at all. It is very much sought for street plant- 
ing, for the shining leaves stand the dust well. 
English — A very quick growing mulberry, 
with very large and well shaped leaves. The 
fruit is large and black of color; stem is very 
straight, and can be topped at any desirable 
height. 4 to 5 feet, 35 cents each, $3.50 per 
dozen; 6 to 8 feet, 50 cents each, $5.00 per 
dozen. 
Japan Persimmons 
(Diospyros Kaki) — A fruit from the Orient 
that has come to stay. The growing of this 
fruit in the South, both for the market and 
home consumption, is no longer an experiment. 
It has proven itself adapted to the whole cotton 
belt, and is becoming quite popular on the 
northern fruit market. 
Trees of the native persimmon will grow on 
any soil in the South, but are not long-lived 
in wet, low places; high, well-drained, sandy 
soil suits them best, and they will do better 
on very poor land than any other kind of fruit 
tree. They are especially suited for planting in 
old peach orchards, as the old trees become 
worthless, or to replant the land after a peach 
orchard has been destroyed. 
Fruit should be shipped just before it begins 
to soften, and directions how to eat it should 
be printed on wraps to be used with each fruit, 
and dealers instructed to display only ripe fruit. 
Price of Japanese Persimmons on native Per- 
simmon Roots, 50 cents each, or $5.50 per 
dozen, $40.00 per 100. 
Hachiya — Very large, oblong, conical, with a 
sharp point; very showy; diameter 3% inches 
longitudinally and 3 inches transversely; color 
of skin reddish yellow, with occasional dark 
spots or blotches and rings at apex; flesh dark 
yellow; some seed; astringed until fully ripe, 
then very good. Tree vigorous and very shape- 
ly. 
Hyakume — Large to very large, varying 
from roundish oblong to roundish oblate, but 
always somewhat flattened at both ends, gen- 
erally slightly depressed at the point opposite 
the stem ; nearly always marked with rings 
and veins at the apex; skin light huffish yel- 
low; flesh dark brown, sweet crisp and meaty; 
not astringent; good while still hard; a good 
keeper; one of the best market sorts. Trees 
of good growth and sure bearer. 
Triumph — -Originated near Sanford in Orange 
County, Florida, from seed from Japan. Its 
quality is the best, size medium, tomato- 
shaped; color of skin dark red, handsome and 
showy, flesh with but few seeds. It is very 
productive, the fruit of a single tree having 
been sold for $17.00. Ripe in October and holds 
on the tree until January. 
Tane-Nashi — Very large, roundish, conical, 
pointed; very smooth and symmetrical; color 
of skin light yellow, changing to bright red 
