SoutKcm Planting Facts 
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Deciduous Fruits 
Kelsey. Size very large; hcart-shajicd, long- 
pointed, usually lop-sided with deej) suture; 
color greenish yellow sometimes Hushed with red 
covercfl with thick, bluish bloom; very showy; 
flesh light yellow, meaty; flavor rich, pleasant, 
cjuality excellent; jirolific and bears while young. 
Highly recommended. 
McRea. (Hybrid.) Fruit of medium size, 
flattened, rounded, oblique at apex; yellow under¬ 
color washed with dull red, dotted with small, 
light dots and covered with delicate bluish Iiloom; 
flesh yellow, juicy, subacid, firm; flavor aromatic, 
pleasant; cpiality excellent; prolific, good grower. 
We believe this worthy of extensive [)lanting. 
Persian Purple-leaved {Pruyxiis Pissardii), 
Fruit medium, round; fruit and flesh crimson; 
(juality good, cherry-flavored, 'free a good grower; 
valuable as an ornamental, as it retains its vivid 
purple foliage until late in the season. 
Red June. Fruit medium to large, cordate, 
elongated at the apex, loj;)-sidcd; suture deep; 
color vermilion-red all over with (Iclicate bloom; 
very showy; flesh light, yellow, firm, moderately 
juicy, sweet or slightly subacid; i>it small; cling; 
flavor pleasant; quality very good. Tree vigorous 
and i^rolific. A good variety. 
Satsuma. Medium to large, broadly conical, 
with blunt, short point and deep suture; color dark, dull red all over with greenish dots; flesh 
purplish red; pit small; free; firm, juicy; quality excellent; a splendid keeper and good shipper. 
Terrell. (Hybrid.) A strong, healthy grower; very similar in habit to Fxcclsior; fruit large, ipi to 
2 inches in diameter, nearly round, blunt-pointed; color a beautiful reddish yellow, mottled, covered 
with bloom, wine-colored when fully ripe; flesh greenish yellow, meaty, juicy, slightlv subacid; pit 
small; cling; quality excellent. Recommended as one of the finest Plums for the Gulf Coast country. 
Wild Plum. From some points where Excelsior and other hybrid Plums have been planted, we 
have received reports of heavy blooming with no fruit-setting. This condition is probai)ly brought 
al)out by lack of pollen from another tree. We have propagated a few Wild Plum trees which bloom 
with ICxcelsior, McRea, and Terrell. These will serve as pollenizers and will probably overcome the 
difficulty. 
Excelsior Plum (See illustration, page 33 ) 
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 I' lorida 
and the southern part of the Cmlf 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, 
aiyl is a well-marked hybrid. The tree is a remarkably rapid, vigorous grower, and is often so loaded 
with fruit that^ the branches must be propped to prevent breaking. 
bruit niedium large, 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 i)it; cpiality excellent, flavor subacid; pit small; cling. The earliest Plum to ripen in 
!• lorida about June i to 10. \ ery handsome, and a fine shipper. Alore fruit of this variety is grown 
throughout northern Morida than of all other varieties of Plums put together. 
\\ e do not hesitate to say that l-bxcelsior, Terrell and McRea are the most satisfactory vari¬ 
eties for i)lanting throughout the length and breadth of Florida, and throughout the Gulf Coast 
country westward to the Rio (irande River. While adapted to this extreme range of latitude, we 
particularly recommend them for the extreme South. 
Terrell Plum 
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