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GLEN SAINT MARY NURSERIES 
Deciduous Fruits Department 
Excelsior Plums 
PLUMS, continued 
Excelsior and Terrell — crosses be¬ 
tween Japanese and southern 
Chickasaw types — are particularly 
adapted to central and southern 
Florida, as well as to soutliern Ala¬ 
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas 
and northern Mexico. Tlie Excel¬ 
sior was originated some years ago 
by ourselves and is an excellent va¬ 
riety ; while the Terrell is a new va¬ 
riety of much the same character of 
growth, but the fruit is larger and, if 
possible, of liner flavor than Excel¬ 
sior, and gives promise of becoming 
one of the most valuable, if not the 
most valuable, variety for the Gulf 
coast country. Elighly recommended. 
ABUNDANCE. Medium to large ; 
round, with pointed apex; skin green¬ 
ish yellow ground, overlaid with dull 
purplish carmine ; flesh light green¬ 
ish yellow, juicy and sweet, with a 
touch of subacid and sliglit apricot 
flavor; pit small; cling; quality 
best. Strong-growing, ui:)right, pro- 
lillc. This is one of the most po]ni- 
lar and profitable early sorts in the 
Plum-growing sections of the North, 
and over a wide area in the I.ower 
South. 
BARTLETT. (New.) We obtained 
this variety direct from Mr. Burbank. 
He describes it as follows : “ Bartlett 
is the king for flavor; it out-Bartletls 
the Ikirtlett pear in exquisitely i‘)er- 
fumed flesh ; bears when two years 
old.” 
BURBANK. The fruit is usually 
from 5 to inches in circumference, 
varying less in size than the other 
Japanese Plums ; it is nearly globu¬ 
lar ; clear cherry-red, sometimes 
showing yellow dots, or even mar¬ 
bled 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, up¬ 
right shoots and large, rather broad 
leaves. A very popular variety both 
North and .South. 
