Saint Marv Nurseries 
Deciduous Fruits 
Terrell. (Hybrid.) A strong, healthy grower, 
very similar in habit to Excelsior; fruit large, 
iH to2 inches in diameter, nearly round, blunt- 
pointed; color a beautiful reddish yellow, mot¬ 
tled, covered with bloom, wine-colored when 
fully ripe; flesh greenish yellow, meaty, juicy, 
slightly subacid; pit small; cling; quality excel¬ 
lent. Recommended as one of the finest Plums 
for Florida and the Gulf Coast country. It is 
giving a good account of itself. 
Wickson. Very large, obliquely cordate, the 
halves unequal; color deep maroon-red; flesh 
firm, juicy, sweet; amber-yellow; pit medium; 
cling; quality very good; a good keeper; good 
grower and prolific. A valuable Plum in the 
lower South. 
Excelsior Plum 
This Plum, originated at the Glen Saint Mary Nurseries in 1887, and first offered to the public 
in the winter of 1891-92, is today the most noteworthy Plum in the belt comprising northern Florida 
and the southern part of the Gulf States around into Texas. It originated from seed of the Kelsey 
Plum, and was selected out of a number of Kelsey seedlings by Mr. G. L. Taber. 
Excelsior shows decided evidence of being crossed with some variety of the Chickasaw type, 
and is a well-marked hybrid. The tree is a remarkably rapid, vigorous grower and bears heavy crops 
of fruit annually. The trees are often so loaded with fruit that the branches must be propped to 
prevent breaking. It is a very dependable sort. 
Fruit medium large, \ l A inches in diameter, nearly round, no suture; color deep wine-red, with 
thick, bluish bloom and very numerous small dots; when fully ripe the fruit is almost purplish red; 
stem short; skin thin, tough, not bitter nor astringent; flesh firm, juicy, yellowish with reddish 
color near the pit; quality excellent, flavor subacid; pit small; cling. The earliest Plum to ripen in 
Florida—about June 1 to 10. Very handsome, and a fine shipper. More fruit of this variety is grown 
throughout northern Florida than of all other varieties of Plums put together. 
After many years of experimenting with numerous sorts of Plums, we do not hesitate to say 
that Excelsior, Terrell and McRea are the most satisfactory varieties for planting throughout the 
length and breadth of Florida, and throughout the Gulf Coast country westward to the Rio Grande 
River. While adapted to this extreme range of latitude, we particularly recommend them for the 
extreme South, as it is to semitropical climates that a lesser number of fine Plums is adapted. 
