BRAND’S FRUITS 
PLUMS 
Plant Brand s Hardy Plums 
We live right in touch with all of those wonderful new plums 
that are coming out from the Minnesota and the South Dakota 
Experimental Stations. And we always carry an almost com¬ 
plete line of everything new after trying it out in our own 
orchard to see whether it is desirable. 
EliIiIOTT (Minnesota No. 8). A strong grower; very hardy. 
Ripened a crop of fruit in 1921 up north of Winnipeg. 
A very productive variety; bears a big crop every year. 
Firm, large size, clingstone; small pit; good quality; 
yellow in color overlaid with red. A splendid late plum 
to sell in the home or distant market, as it is very 
firm. We consider Elliott one of the most dependable 
of all the Minnesota plums. 4- to 6-ft. trees' only. 
FIEBING. A new plum by Mr. Chas. Haralson, who was 
in charge of the Minnesota Fruit Farm so many years. 
A great big plum, conical shaped, all over red. Splen¬ 
did flavor. Makes a fine combination to plant with 
Splendid and Superior as they fertilize one another. 
5- to 6-ft. trees, $1.00 each. 
KAHINTA. (Hansen). The largest and one of the best 
of all the plums sent out by Prof. Hansen. A plum of 
immense size, rather oblong, red with a blue bloom. Juicy 
and of the best quality. 4- to 6-ft. trees only. 
LA CRESCENT. A splendid plum of a very distinctive quality. 
Fruit of medium size; round; light creamy yellow overlaid 
with delicate pink. Very sweet and of the best quality. Early. 
Some claim this to be the best quality of all plums. 
MONITOR. One of the very largest of the lot. An immense 
bearer of great large plums. Almost round, dark red, with 
blue bloom. Very meaty, firm, good quality, and a splendid 
market plum. 
Underwood Plums. 
UNDERWOOD (Minnesota No. 91). The earliest of the large 
new plums. Ripens from about August 1st to 15th and attains 
a size of 1 % inches. The tree is one of the strongest growers 
of all these new plums and grows to be very large, furnish¬ 
ing a surface large enough to bear wonderful crops of beau¬ 
tiful fruit. Limbs, well and heavily shouldered, enable it to 
carry its great loads without injury to the tree. This is the 
hardiest of all these new plums; and, in favored locations, 
we do not hesitate to advise its planting far north. Fruit is 
a very attractive red, firm juicy flesh, very small pit, free¬ 
stone. Splendid quality. Hangs well to the tree and ripens 
over a period of 2 weeks. An annual bearer, having borne 
8 successive heavy crops. 
SURPRISE. This plum was originated at Springfield, Minn., 
many years ago and is a plum of the very highest quality. 
It is also a wonderful plum in other respects. Experiments 
carried out at the Minnesota Station have demonstrated the 
Surprise to be the best of all plums to plant with other va¬ 
rieties to fertilize their blossoms and cause them to set good 
crops of fruit. So we carry the Surprise as a pollenizer and 
sell only one to go with every ten or less of plum trees pur¬ 
chased. 4- to 6-ft. trees only. 
TOKA. (Hansen). A cross between the native plum 
and the fragrant apricot plum of China, Prunus 
Simoni, which is so popular on the west coast. 
Tree of medium size is just covered with the 
fruit, which is of the shape of a smooth tomato. 
Dark brilliant red, meaty, rich, sweet, aromatic. 
Extra fine. 
COMPASS. The dryer sections cannot get along 
without Compass cherry plum. Its little red 
plum cherries do not amount to much when 
eaten from the tree but are splendid when 
canned. Should be planted with Sapa and Oka 
as a pollenizer. 
SAPA. One of the finest of the Hansen plums. Dark 
purple skin and rich purple flesh. Of the finest 
quality. Splendid for canning. A great bearer 
even on little trees in the nursery row. Plums 
grow in clusters of three or four all along the 
limbs. 
Prices on all plums, except as noted: All trees 
5 to 6 ft., unless stated, 60c each; 10 for $5.50. 
Assorted as desired. 
OakHeld, Wis. 
Nov. i, 1933. 
Last spring I bought of you one tree each of 
Splendid, Undenvood, Red Wing, Monitor, Elliott 
and La Crescent, and am satisfied that your trees 
have no superior for vigor and shapeliness. Red 
Wing, Underwood and Splendid have formed an 
abundance of fruit buds. I will need about thirty- 
five more plum trees in the spring. 
G. P -. 
Prices of 
Apple and Plum Trees 
Do not be confused as to Apple and Plum 
Tree prices. We have always believed that 
in the standard Apples and Plums wanted 
for the orchard that the large size, No. 1 
tree should be planted. It is this grade that 
we offer. Prices for such stock is necessarily 
higher than for smaller trees. 
Fiebing Plums. 
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