Plums. 
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blood-red, firm, rather juicy, 
somewhat coarse, of fairly good 
quality ; cling. Matures early in 
July. 
Willard. We give Prof. 
Bailey’s description of this new 
variety: “ Fruit medium in size, 
spherical in general outline, but 
prominently cornered or angled, 
never pointed, the sinus very slight 
but stem cavity deep ; skin dark, 
clear red, with many minute yel¬ 
low dots; flesh rather firm, yellow, 
sweet and of fair quality ; free. 
A strong, vigorous and hardy tree, 
productive, and the earliest mar¬ 
ket Japan Plum yet tested in the 
North. In appearance the fruit 
is remarkably like some of the 
improved types o f Prunus 
Americana." Four weeks ear¬ 
lier than the Wild Goose this 
year. 
Yellow Japan. Fruit large, 
nearly round; skin yellow, washed 
with red on sunny side; flesh 
yellow, juicy and of good quality. 
Early in July. Tree vigorous, 
resembling Kelsey in growth, but 
with larger leaves. 
Willard Plum. 
OTHER VARIETIES. 
The Japanese Plums have not entirely supplanted native kinds in the South. Some varieties of the 
latter, notably the Wild Goose and Golden Beauty, continue very profitable, and are being largely planted. 
Under “ Other Varieties ’ we have listed our new Excelsior. We are more and more pleased with this 
variety. The parent tree has been fruiting for five years, and during this time has produced more fruit than 
any one tree of any other variety on our place, either native or foreign. This seedling of the Kelsey, origi¬ 
nated by ourselves, is one of the best of a dozen Kelsey seedlings that we have fruited ; it is undoubtedly a 
cross between the Kelsey and some Chickasaw variety. The tree is stocky, symmetrical, a strong grower, 
branching, and less inclined to long, willowy growth than the Kelsey; it more nearly resembles the Chicka¬ 
saw type in this respect and also in foliage, and has all the vigor of a native. It is evidently at home in this 
soil and climate. It is one of the earliest to ripen, and we recommend it for general planting. Of all the 
varieties offered, we believe it the best adapted to South Florida. 
Excelsior. The fruit is medium to large, 
inches in diameter; color reddish purple, with heavy 
blue bloom; very handsome; flesh sweet, juicy, 
melting and of best quality ; cling. Early in June. 
Pomological experts, to whom specimens were sub¬ 
mitted, were confident that they were a superior 
Chickasaw variety until informed of their origin. 
Tree vigorous and prolific. 
Golden Beauty. Fruit large, of a beautiful golden 
yellow ; flesh sweet, quality best. Early in August. 
A comparatively new variety ; it is attracting con¬ 
siderable attention in several of the Southern states. 
Tree vigorous. 
Marianna. The fruit of this variety is not equal 
to the fruit of either of the Chickasaws, Golden 
Beauty or Wild Goose. It is a seedling of the latter. 
It is, however, the best stock we have upon which to 
bud other varieties, being remarkably healthy, mak¬ 
ing a very stocky, vigorous growth, and never sucker- 
ing from the roots. All the Plums we offer are grown 
on Marianna Plum stocks. 
Pissard. [Prunus Pissardii.) Fruit medium to 
large, round, and crimson inside and out ; quality 
good, possessing a very decided cherry flavor. June. 
Retains its vivid purple foliage in full intensity of 
color throughout the hottest summers and until mid¬ 
winter. The tree is a good grower, and is chiefly 
planted as an ornamental, being decidedly the most 
desirable of the purple-leaved trees yet used for this 
purpose. 
Wild Goose. Fruit large, oblong; skin bright 
red ; flesh juicy, sweet and of excellent quality ; 
cling. June. Tree vigorous and prolific. A showy 
fruit ; very profitable for early shipment. Should 
not be allowed to hang on the tree too long, as it is 
much better when house-ripened. 
