Mansfield , Conn. 
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RED JUNE — A vigorous, hardy, up¬ 
right, spreading tree, as productive as 
Abundance; fruit medium to large, deep 
vermilion red, with handsome bloom, 
very showy; flesh light lfcmon-yellow 
slightly sub-acid, of good and pleasant 
quality, half-cling, pit small. This is the 
best in quality of any of the early varieties. 
SATSUMA — A purple-fleshed plum 
of very vigorous growth, enormously 
productive of fruit, large; skin, dark 
purplish red; flesh firm, juicy, dark red 
or mood color, well flavored. Pit very 
little larger than a cherry stone. Un¬ 
excelled for canning and preserving. Mid¬ 
season to late. 
LOMBARD — Has always been a great 
favorite with plum growers. The tree 
adapts itself to all localities and it is very 
productive and extremely hardy. In our 
experience it outyields all other varieties. 
The fruit usually hangs so thick that we 
are compelled to thin out one-half. The 
more you thin it, the larger, brighter and 
better the remaining fruit will be. It is 
a handsome reddish plum, the flesh 
yellow, juicy and pleasant. It is an ex¬ 
cellent variety and can be relied on for a 
crop when other varieties fail. August. 
BRADSHAW. — A very large and line 
early plum, dark violet red, iuicy and good. 
Very productive; valuable for market. 
The tree is very hardy and vigorous. As 
regards productiveness it is unequalled 
by any plum we have ever fruited. Heavy 
thinning produces the finest fruit. Middle 
of August. 
WICKSON — Wickson Japan Plum is 
another of Burbank’s creations, and the 
largest of all plums. Tree a good grower 
of vase-like form, and an early and pro¬ 
ductive bearer. In several sections of the 
United States grafts set in 1895 fruited 
in 1896, showing superb specimens of fruit 
almost as large as turkey’s eggs. From 
time fruit is half grown till nearly ripe 
it is of a pearly white color; soft pink 
shadings creep over it till in a few days 
it is changed to a deep crimson, covered 
with a light bloom. For marketing pur¬ 
poses it may he picked when white, and 
will color up almost as well as though left 
on the tree. Pit small; flesh tender, 
sweet and delicious; season just follow¬ 
ing Burbank. 
BURBANK —One of the finest of the 
Japan Plums. Beautifully cherry-red, 
mottled yellow; round; flesh yellow, 
juicy, sub-acid. The tree is vigorous in 
growth and succeeds well in all sections of 
the country. The fruit stands shipping 
well and con he placed on the market in 
fine condition with little care. 
ABUNDANCE — Fruit lurge, showy, 
beautiful amber, turning to a rich, bright 
cherry color, with a decided white bloom 
and highly perfumed. Flesh light, yellow, 
exceedingly juicy and tender, of a delicious 
sweetness impossible to describe. Stone 
small and parts readily from flesh. For 
canning it is of greatest excellence. Its 
season is very early, ripening in advance 
of other plums, thus adding to its specinl 
value. 
Quinces 
The Quince is of late attracting a good deal of attention as a market 
fruit. Scarcely any fruit will pay better in the orchard. The tree is 
hardy and compact in growth, requiring little space, is productive, gives 
regular crops and is much sought after for canning for winter use. When 
put up in the proportion of about one quart of quinces to four quarts 
of other fruit, it imparts a delicious flavor. 
Quinces do best in deep, cool soil, though in dryish places they will 
do fairly well if mulched. To have the roots cool is a great step towards 
success. If by themselves in rows they can be planted about twelve 
feet apart. There need be no fear of overfeeding the quince. They like 
plenty of rich food. Kitchen washings and like materials they delight 
to get, and when well fed in this way with rich food spread about the 
surface of the ground the borer is not at all troublesome to them. When 
the quince is suited in this way, and grows as it should do, it begins to 
bear in three years, and afterward it never fails of a crop, and seventy- 
five to one hundred quinces can be had from full-grown trees. A quince 
orchard should be cultivated very shallow and the ground never ploughed 
so far as the roots of the tree extend, where it is possible to keep the ground 
free from weeds with the shallow tooth cultivator. 
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