EARL E. MAY'S 1935 CATALOG OF SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK 
Delicious Eating 
Will Grow Anywhere 
Plums grow naturally in the Farm Belt. 
You’ll find them growing wild along streams 
and in thickets. The wild plum is small but 
these new domestic varieties have wonderful 
flavors and are large in size. Plant several 
varieties of plums and close together so the 
blooms can fertilize each other. They will bear 
much better if this is done. 
Plant 15 to 20 feet apart. If fruit sets on 
too heavily to ripen easily, as often happens, 
shake part of it off. The best soil for this 
fruit is a strong, rich clay loam. Keep the 
ground manured and well cultivated for best 
results. 
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1 
. I 4-5 ft. 
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1 $0.65 
i $2.45 
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| .50 
! 1.85 
4.25 
Hansen’s Hardy Hybrid Plums 
Superior Flavored Hybrids 
Often bear two years after planting. 
Always loaded with fruit. 
Hanska 
Apricot 
Plum 
New Minnesota Hybrid and 
Improved Native Plums 
Hardy as the Hansen Hybrid 
Omaha Plums and can be planted as far 
Plum North as the Canadian line. 
GOX.DEN MINNESOTA. Here is 
a clear yellow skinned, yellow 
meated plum you will enjoy 
eating. It is very juicy, tender 
and sweet. Finest quality, 
small seeded freestone. Ripens 
in August. 
OMAHA. The great Nebraska 
Plum. This tree bears lots of 
fruit. I think it is the best 
native. P.ipens middle of 
August. Fruit is large, dark 
red, flesh yellow, juicy and 
sweet. 
APRICOT PLUM or HANSKA. The tree 
is a tall vigorous grower. The fruit has 
a most delicious apricot flavor. Good 
for eating off the tree. The fruit retains 
its fragrance when canned or made into 
jellies or jams. The fruit is flat at the 
ends, reddish-purple in color, skin ten¬ 
der, pits small, meat yellow. Ripens 
middle of August. 
OPATA. Middle of July. Fruit is purplish 
red; green flesh, thin skin and small 
pit. Extremely early. Pleasant flavor, 
sweetly acid. Earliest of all plums. 
SAPA. An excellent home and market va¬ 
riety. Purplish-black fruit and rich 
purple meat loaded with juice. Excel¬ 
lent for canning as the skin entirely 
disappears with cooking. Ripens late 
July. 
YVANETA. The fruit is very large, often 
2 inches in diameter. Very deep red in 
color, yellow flesh and a delicious flavor. 
Perfectly hardy and a rapid grower. At 
age of four years it is not unusual for 
a Waneta to produce four bushels. Ex¬ 
cellent for eating off the tree. Ripens 
middle of August. 
EARL’S FAMILY 
PLUM 
Assortment No. 140 
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Postpaid 
European Plums 
These varieties are very popular 
on account of their exceptionally 
high quality. Are very good market 
and eating plums. Very hardy and 
large bearers in Nebraska, Iowa, 
Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and states 
of similar latitude, on heavy clay 
soil. 
GERMAN PRUNE. Probably the 
best European plum. Tree is very 
vigorous producing large crops. 
A fine eating and market variety. 
Fruit is medium size, oval shape, 
purplish-black color, excellent 
flavor, very juicy. Ripens late 
August. 
GREEN GAGE. Middle of August. 
Round, greenish yellow, juicy, 
sugary, rich. Tree vigorous and 
productive. 
BLUE DAMSON. This is the small 
Blue Damson plum. Generally 
used for canning. Bears every 
year, fruiting in early September. 
JAPANESE or ORIENTAL PLUM 
These kinds are strong growing and vigorous. They should be planted 
in latitudes not subject to late frost. Usually bear the third year after 
planting. For Arkansas, Oklahoma, Southern Missouri and similar terri¬ 
tories we consider them the best on account of the unusual quality of 
fruit they produce. 
ABUNDANCE. A rapid growing, abundant yielding varietv. Fruit of 
medium size, amber in color with markings of red. Juicy and sweet 
Early August. 
The choicest 
plums included Fr\r Dn/i/ 
in this list. You ror v/n, 7 
*et: 
1 Hanska 
1 Waneta 
1 Golden 
Minnesota 
1 Omaha 
All 4 trees, 3-4 
ft., 2 yr. old. 
2 collections (8 trees) brlng's 
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IMPERIAL JAPANESE PLUM 
A plum of superior quality. Grow these large size dark 
reddish-purple plums yourself, the same kind you’ve been 
getting at the grocery stores. The deep yellow flesh is very 
firm, yet juicy, sweet tasting, and it’s a freestone. It ripens 
late in August and is the hardiest Japanese eating plum. 
Especially recommended for Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, 
Oklahoma and other states of similar climatic conditions. 
A new satisfying flavor. Try the Imperial Japanese plum. 
| Size 
| Each ; 
Per 4 
i Per 10 
Express or freight size.... 
Postpaid . 
. . | 4-5 ft. 
. .! 3-4 ft. 
| $0.75 
1 .60 
$2.75 
2,25 
| $6.50 
| 5.25 
Imperial Japanese Plum 
