Glen St. Mary Nurseries. 
x 4 
Burbank Plum. 
or blood-red and a blue bloom ; flesh yellowish, a 
little coarse-grained, firm, sugary, at times slightly 
subacid, adheres slightly to the stone ; quality excel¬ 
lent. Ripens with Abundance, or just ahead of it. 
June 20 to July 5. 
Burbank. The fruit is usually from 5 to 5% 
inches in circumference, varying less in size 
than the other Japanese Plums; it is nearly 
globular; clear cherry-red, sometimes showing yellow 
dots, or even marbled, with a thin lilac bloom ; flesh 
deep yellow, firm and meaty, rich and sugary, with a 
peculiar and very agreeable flavor; cling. Tree 
unusually vigorous, with strong, 
upright shoots, and large, rather 
broad leaves. Resembles Abun¬ 
dance both in fruit and tree, but 
the fruit averages larger and of 
better quality, and is rather 
handsomer. 
Chabot. Fruit large, about 
2 inches in diameter, oblong- 
conical ; skin pink-red, with 
many very fine gold dots ; flesh 
yellow, very solid, rather acid, 
quality very good ; cling. July 
20 to August 1. Very pro¬ 
ductive. 
Kelsey. Fruit very large, 
from 7 to 9 inches in cir¬ 
cumference, heart-shaped, long- 
pointed, usually somewhat lop¬ 
sided, with deep, furrow-like 
suture; skin greenish-yellow, 
sometimes overspread with 
bright red and with a lovely 
bloom, very sho.wy ; flesh light 
yellow, firm, meaty and of 
pleasant flavor ; quality excellent; free. Usu¬ 
ally has a cavity around the very small stone. 
July, continuing several weeks. The tree is of 
upright growth, having a tendency to long, 
slender branches, which, to make the tree 
stocky, should be frequently pinched back. 
Bears heavily, coming in young. 
Long Fruit. Fruit large, oblong; skin 
bright carmine-red, with bluish bloom ; flesh 
fine-grained, firm, subacid ; quality fair; 
cling. June 20 to July 1. An early and 
showy fruit. 
Normand. Fruit medium to large, obtusely 
conical with heart-like base and short stem ; 
skin clear golden yellow ; flesh firm and meaty, 
yellow, of high quality ; free from the small 
pit. Ripens just after Berckmans. Tree of 
symmetrical growth and prolific. 
Ogon. Fruit medium to large, round or 
slightly flattened, suture prominent ; skin 
bright yellow, with a light, creamy bloom, giv¬ 
ing the fruit a whitish appearance ; flesh thick 
and very meaty, but not juicy ; firm and long- 
keeping ; good but not of the best quality; free. 
About the middle of June. Tree only moder¬ 
ately productive. 
Red Nagate. (Red Ju?ic, Shiro Smoyno of some.) 
We give Prof. Bailey’s description. Fruit medium 
size, prominently elongated and conical, with well 
marked suture ; skin deep red-purple, nearly uni¬ 
formly distributed ; flesh very firm and meaty, yel¬ 
low, of good quality ; cling. Very early, ripening 
with Ogon. Extremely productive, handsome and 
good. 
Satsuma. Fruit large, nearly globular (“broadly 
conical, with a blunt, sho'rt point, suture very deep.” 
—Bailey) ; skin very dark and dull red all over, with 
greenish dots and an under-color of brown-red ; flesh 
Kelsey Plum. Three-fourths natural size. 
