Plant Fruit for Health and Profit 
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Plant PLUMS 
- for - 
PROFIT 
—near chicken parks 
if possible 
No other fruit tree, unless it is the cherry, 
will produce more abundantly than a Plum 
tree. Although they will yield crop after crop 
despite neglect, Plum trees will readily show 
the result of care and modern methods of 
fruit growing. The commercial side of Plum 
production has received much attention in late 
years but the supply still falls far short of the 
demand. In general, Plum trees thrive best in 
a sandy or clayey soil. A distance of 16 to 18 
feet apart is considered the best for Plum trees 
with the distance increased to 20 feet where 
a wagon spraying outfit is used. Many 
Monarch Plums. 
vane- 
ties of Plum produce so abundantly that the best results will be ob- 
tainable only by careful thinning. If allowed to grow naturally the 
trees will be weakened and the quality of the fruit will be im 
ferior. We can recommend to the planter the following varieties: 
Abundance. A nearly pinkish red Plum; ripens in mid-season. 
Thrives anywhere. A regular and heavy bearer. No orchard is 
complete without it. 
Bradshaw. A very large and fine early Plum; dark violet-red, juicy 
and good. Trees erect and vigorous; very productive; valuable 
for market. The quality is excellent, and is destined to become 
one of the most popular of all Plums for canning, while its at¬ 
tractive color, good quality and shipping properties will cause it 
to be sought for as a market variety. 
Burbank. Adapted to any soil and climate where any other Plum is 
grown, a profitable commercial Plum. Requires little care. Ripens 
in midseason. 
Monarch. Fruit dark purple, covered with a thin bloom; large 
size specimens measuring six inches in circumference; flesh 
pale greenish yellow, parting freely from the stone, 
juicy, with a pleasant flavor. A leading market sort. Vig¬ 
orous grower. September. 
Reine Claude. Small, yellow-green; flesh pale green, melting, 
luscious and of best quality. Mid-August. 
German Prune. Large, dark purple, sweet. One of the best 
for canning. Excellent for drying. Plant a few trees and 
dry your own for winter use. Ripens in September. 
PRICE OF PLUM TREES 
2-yr., 9/16 in., 5 to 6 ft., 40c each; 
10 for $3.50; $32.00 per 100. 
2-yr., Special Super-Size, 50c each; 
10 for $4.50; $40.00 per 100. 
Bradshaw Plum. 
Lombard. Me¬ 
dium; violet- 
red; juicy, 
pleasant; ad¬ 
heres to stone; 
valuable mar¬ 
ket sort; har¬ 
dy; produc¬ 
tive. 
Prepaid at 5c per tree additional. 
Burbank Plums. 
The Krider Nurseries, Middlebury, Ind. 
Dear Mr. Krider: 
I wish to thank you for the catalog that I have just received from yaur company. I 
am glad to see that your prices are still lower than they were last year, although I fail to see 
how you do it. 
I must confess that when I sent you my order last year, I was very skeptical on ac¬ 
count of your low prices, but after receiving my roses from you, I soon changed my mind. I 
have found your shipments to be prompt, your packing good and your stock of the best. 
Roses are my hobby, I want to grow the best that I can afford. Owing to the fact that 
my garden space is very limited, I can’t grow as many as I would like; l have at present about 
70 roses, comprising some 50 varieties. Some of these roses came from some of our best known 
rose growers in the East and cost me a good deal more than you are asking for your roses, but 
I have yet to see a better stock than I have received from your company. It is indeed a pleasure 
to recommend your company to my friends. 
Thanking you for your kind attention and wishing you success in the future, I am 
Yours truly. 
FRANK WALSH 
61 Burgess Ave., E. Providence, R.l. 
