ORANGE QUINCE 
PLUMS 
ABUNDANCE (Jap.) Early fruiting, hardy and pro¬ 
ductive. Fruit dark red with tender, juicy, aromatic flesh. 
Clingstone. Good shipper. 
BURBANK (Jap.) A Japanese Plum of very good 
quality, handsomely colored, dark red over yellow brown. 
Good shipper and keeper, is not susceptible to disease and 
is very hardy. 
BRADSHAW (Eu.) One of the most popular orchard 
varieties. Bears regularly and heavily. Very resistent to 
scale. Fruit mid-season, dark reddish purple, large, attrac¬ 
tive and good shipper and keeper. Stone semi-free. 
DIAMOND (Eu.) A beautifully colored, well-formed 
plum with tough skin making this variety excellent for 
market. Tree above average in size and vigor; hardy and 
very productive. 
GERMAN PRUNE (Eu.) Large, vigorous, healthy, 
productive tree. Fruit small; fine for drying or cooking, 
tart, free-stone,dark purple. 
GRAND DUKE (Eu.) A valuable late plum. As large 
as Bradshaw, of same color, and ripening latter part of 
September. One of the best late plums for market. 
GREEN GAGE (Reine Claude) (Eu.) Tree small, very 
prolific. A profitable market variety. Fruit golden, very 
good quality, medium size. Semi-cling. Probably is the 
best canning plum. 
GUEII (Eu.) A popular Eastern variety and a money 
maker. Free early and abundant bearer;large and vigorous. 
Fruit mid-season, medium size, dark purplish-black. Sweet, 
mild and of fair quality. 
ITALIAN PRUNE (Eu.) (Fellenberg). A fine 
late plum, oval, purple, flesh juicy and delicious, parts 
from stone, fine for drying. Tree a free grower and very 
productive. September. 
LOMBARD (Eu.) Probably the most widely grown 
plum. Very adaptable as to soil and climate, constant 
prolific bearer. Fruit medium size, dark purplish red, fair 
quality, stone nearly free. 
MONARCH (Eu.) Beautiful purple plum above medium 
size. Clingstone. Good quality all-purpose plum. Tree 
medium size and vigorous. 
YELLOW EGG (Eu.) Fruit of the very largest size, 
oval, skin yellow with numerous white dots; rather coarse 
sub-acid; fine for cooking. Last of August. 
SHIPPER PRIDE (Eu.) Purplish-black fruit overspread 
with thick bloom. Flavor tart but mild. Stone semi-cling. 
Tree large round-topped; productive. 
SHROPSHIRE DAMSON (Eu.) The best of the Dam¬ 
sons. Enormously productive tree. Fruit medium size, 
purplish-black, juicy, tender and pleasing. 
WICKSON (Jap.) The largest of the oriental varieties. 
Handsome in color and form. The flesh is firm and highly 
flavored. Clingstone. 
QUINCES 
A most valuable fruit for canning. Quince 
preserve is highly esteemed by all. The tree 
is hardy, free-bearing and remarkably dis¬ 
ease resistant. 
ORANGE. Large bright yellow, tender, and very 
good quality. Strong productive tree. Late Autumn. 
CHAMPION. A tender and delicate quince of good 
quality. Tree very prolific and a young bearer. Very 
suitable for commercial orchards as fruit keeps and 
ships well. MidseaRon. 
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CHERRIES. 
BING. Large dark sweet c.ierry of high quality. 
The most popular sweet cherr> for northern Michigan. 
BLACK TARTARIAN Is widely known as the fav¬ 
orite dooryard and roadside sweet cherry. Very sweet, 
rich flavor, earlier than most sweet cherries, bearing 
in June.fcExcellent, quality. 
DOWNER An excellent large Heart, sweet cherry 
of fine flavor. Dark red with am er background. Tree 
productive. 
GOVERNOR WOOD. Very large, rich; light, yellow, 
with red cheek; juicy and sweet. One of the very best. 
Last of June. 
LAMBERT BIGARREAU. Cross of Napoleon by 
Black Heart. Handsomest dark colored sweets. Mid¬ 
season. 
NAPOLEON BIGARREAU. Leads in the firm 
fleshed sweet class. The flavor is rich and sweet, which 
with the abundant juice and firm, crackling flesh, makes 
this a most delicious and refreshing cherry for dessert 
Tree an upright grower and heavy bearer. June. 
SCHMIDT BIGARREAU. Fruit of immense size, 
of rich, deep black; flesh dark, tender, very juicy, with 
a fine flavor; bears abundantly and makes a toothsome 
dish for the table. 
WINDSOR. Fruit large, liver-colored, flesh remark¬ 
ably firm and of good quality. Valuab'e late variety for 
market and family use. Middle of July. 
YELLOW SPANISH. Bigarreau, a close competitor 
of Windsor. Early bearing. Fruit midseason; bright 
amber yellow with red blush. 
BARTLETT 
DUKE AND MORELLO 
CHERRIES 
1) l EHOUSE. A week earlier than Early Bichmohd 
to which it is near kin. Brighter, clearer color thoung 
slightly smaller. Tree small and vigorous 
EARLY RICHMOND. One of the most popular of 
all the acid cherries. Fruit is of medium size, round and 
dark red. Wonderful bearer. Ripens in June. 
ENGLISH MORELLO. Medium sized cherry of a 
very dark red color, sometimes nearly black. Very 
acid in flavor, the flesh is of good quality. A fine canner. 
Tree a small grower with light limbs and trunk . 
Ripens in July. 
KOONTZ. A special market variety. Very large 
dark red fruit, slightly acid. Last of June. Strong 
growing, good bearing tree. 
LATE DUKE. Offspring of May Duke, ripening 
three weeks earlier. Fruit large, dark in color. Tree 
healthy, and fruitful. 
MAY DUKE. Large, red juicy and rich; an old ex¬ 
cellent variety; vigorous and productive. Middle of 
June. 
MONTMORENCY. Best of all sour varieties. Trees 
are clean growers and are least subject to disease, least 
affected by wet weather and are the most productive 
bearers of all sour cherry varieties. They can always 
be depended upon for a full crop regardless of season. 
Fruit is attractive, brings a good price and is a fine 
shipper. Always in demand at the canning factories. 
Fruit is of good size and fine flavor and a bright clear, 
shining red in color. Flesh of fine quality and sub-acid. 
Ripens ten days after Early Richmond. 
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