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PLANTS FOR EVERY PURPOSE 
Plums 
The Plum will grow vigorously in 
almost every part of this country, but 
it bears its finest and most abund¬ 
ant crops in heavy loams, or where 
there is considerable clay; it will 
bloom and set a fine crop in a sandy 
soil, but in such soils it generally 
falls a prey to the curculio, and 
drops prematurely. There are, 
however, some varieties that suc¬ 
ceed very well in such situations. 
JAPANESE VARIETIES 
This class of fruit is attracting 
the attention of all fruit-growers, 
and is remarkable for its beauty, 
size and productiveness and early 
bearing. The trees often bear at 
two years in the nursery row, and 
we think this fruit will supercede 
the European varieties here and 
further South. 
Burbank Plums. 
Abundance, or Botan. It is as near cur- 
culio-proof as can be expected. Fruit 
large and showy; color amber, turning to 
a rich cherry-color, with a white bloom; 
flesh light yellow, juicy, tender, sweet 
and excellent; stone small and parts 
readily from the flesh. One of the best 
Plums for canning. July. 
Abundance Plums. 
Burbank. Fruit large, ranging from 5 to 
in circumference, nearly globu¬ 
lar, clear cherry-red, with a thin lilac 
bloom; flesh a deep yellow, very sweet, 
with a peculiar and very agreeable flavor, 
tree vigorous, with large and rather 
broad leaves; commences to bear usually 
at two years old. July. 
Red June. Fruit medium to large, cordate 
and very prominently elongated at the 
apex; suture deep, generally lopsided; 
deep vermilion-red all over, with a hand¬ 
some bloom; very showy; flesh light 
lemon-yellow or whitish, firm and mod¬ 
erately juicy, not stringy, slightly sub¬ 
acid to sweetish; cling to half cling; pit 
small. Tree vigorous and productive. 
Shiro. Finest quality, yellow. 
Wickson. The fruit is evenly distributed all over the tree, and from the time it 
is half grown until a few days before ripening is of a pearly white color, but 
all at once soft pink shadings creep over it, and in a few days it has changed 
to a glowing carmine, with a heavy white bloom; the stone is small and the 
flesh is of fine texture, firm sugary and delicious, and will keep two weeks or 
more after ripening, or can be picked when hard and white, and will color and 
ripen almost as well as if left on the tree. 
This variety of plums or as termed prunes are worthy of a place in your home 
or commercial orchard, not only for home use, but there is always a demand for 
them in the local markets. Plum trees are as a rule, and if given a little care, 
very productive. 
EUROPEAN VARIETIES 
German Prune. A valuable Plum of fair quality for the table, but most es¬ 
teemed for drying and preserving; fruit long and oval; skin purple, with a 
thick blue bloom: flesh firm, green, sweet and pleasant; separates from the 
stone. Tree is strong, vigorous and prolific. 
Reine Claude de Bavay (Green Gage). Large; greenish yellow, spotted with 
red; flesh rather firm, juicy, sugary, rich, of fine quality; adheres slightly to 
the stone; a vigorous grower, very productive, and a valuable addition to the 
late varieties. September. 
Damsons 
Damsons, like the other varieties of plums always demand high prices and 
with a little care to your orchard you can make it pay large dividends. 
Red Damson. This is a valuable fruit, ripening later than Shropshire Damson. 
For jelly and pre¬ 
serves it has no su¬ 
perior among Dam¬ 
sons. It comes into 
bearing the second 
year after transplant¬ 
ing, and bears annual¬ 
ly heavy crops. The 
tree is a strong, robust 
grower, making quite 
a large tree. 
Shropshire Damson. An 
improvement on the 
common Damson, be¬ 
ing of the largest size 
of its class; dark pur¬ 
ple ; highly esteemed 
for preserving. Sep¬ 
tember. 
