Plum Trees 
ABUNDANCE. Medium size; red, tree hardy 
and large, vigorous, productive. Flesh yel¬ 
low, juicy and tender. August. 
BURBANK. Large size; red, tree hardy and 
productive. Late August. 
BRADSHAW. A very large, dark violet red, 
good market sort. August. 
GERMAN PRUNE. A valuable plum for pre¬ 
serving and drying; dark blue, juicy and rich. 
September. 
GEUII. Large, bluish purple with deep 
bloom, flesh yellowing green, rather coarse, 
sweet, pleasant, one of the best market va¬ 
rieties. September. 
ITALIAN PRUNE (Fellenburg). Trees are 
large, hardy, productive, well formed and 
bear regularly. The fruit is finely flavored, 
whether eaten out of the hand, or prepared 
for the table, or cured as a prune. While a 
little too tart to be ranked as a first-rate 
dessert plum, it is one of the best of the 
prunes. Fruits very large, purplish-black, 
with very thick bloom. September. 
LOMBARD. Tree is of medium size, round 
topped, very hardy and prolific bearer. Fruits 
medium to large, dark red, very attractive 
and tempting to the eye, and readily sale¬ 
able. A very profitable market sort. August. 
MONARCH. Large; deep purplish blue; tree 
bears young and yield abundantly, a perfect 
free-stone. October. 
REINE CLAUDE, (Bevey’s Green Gage). 
Large round, greening yellow, excellent for 
canning; one of the best varieties; very pro¬ 
ductive. September. 
SHIPPER’S PRIDE. Large; deep purple; fine,, 
good shipper. September. 
SHROPSHIRE DAMSON. Tree is enormously 
productive, bearing loads of fruit year after 
year, trees are large, hardy and healthy. 
Fruits are oval; of medium size, produced in 
thick clusters, dark purple in color; fine 
for preserving. October. 
YELLOW EGG. Golden yellow with thick 
bloom; flesh yellow; juicy, a very large and 
beautiful plum; fine for local market. Sep¬ 
tember. 
Strawberries 
Those varieties marked (p) are perfect bloomers and those 
marked (i) are imperfect and require that every fourth or 
fifth row be planted with some perfect blooming variety in 
Parson’s Beauty order to fertilize them. 
DUNLAP (p). Medium early and continues in 
bearing a long time, fruit medium to large; 
deep red; flesh red, very productive. 
GIBSON (p). Berries large, excellent flavor; 
color deep red. A profitable mid-season berry. 
GLEN MARY (p). Medium early; large, firm 
and good shipper. Although Glen Mary is 
classed as a perfect bloomer it is not strong 
enough to be used to fertilize other varieties. 
Succeeds best on clay soil. 
PREMIER (p). A fine large, bright red early 
berry, of excellent flavor. The leading- mar¬ 
ket berry in this section of the country. 
PARSON’S BEAUTY (p). Mid-season; vigorous 
grower and very productive; fruit is large, 
bright red, firm; very popular market sort. 
SAMPLE (i). Late; plant is large and healthy; 
making plenty of runners; fruit large, round¬ 
ish and dark red; succeeds everywhere. One 
of the best market sorts. 
WM. BELT (p). Mid-season; a large produc¬ 
tive berry for home or market use; very 
sweet; heavy yielder; quality of berry above 
the average; not so good on heavy clay soil. 
MASTODON (p). The best everbearing straw¬ 
berry ever introduced. It is of immense size, 
and a good cropper; the best plant maker 
of the everbearing varieties. 
Mastodon Strawberry 
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