Luther Burbank’s NEW Plum Creations 
Elephant Heart—Luther Burbank^s Greatest PLUM Masterpiece 
Sold Only By Stark—Largest Known Plum — One You Can Break and Eat Like a Peach 
Imagine a plum x 2)^ in. — big as a U. S. Standard apple — a 
huge, heart-shaped beauty! A perfect freestone plum that you can 
break and eat like a peach! Blood-red flesh as exquisitely luscious as 
an Oxheart Cherry. The most marvelous freestone blood-fleshed 
plum that the world has ever known. The greatest triumph of all 
Burbank’s painstaking life work. The supreme BEST of over 800 new 
varieties that Burbank bequeathed to Stark Bro’s. 
ASTONISHINGLY HARDY! In Mo. and Ill., where 15, 20 and 
even 25 degrees below zero often occur. Elephant Heart Trees have 
proven their rugged hardiness, made vigorous growth and borne 
very young and heavily —and, despif^e heavy bearing, the fruit is 
uniformly huge and attractive heart-shape ail over the tree. 
Fruit is remarkable shipper. Strong, firm skin—does not crack. Solid flesh. Can 
be picked 2 weeks before ripe and shipped successfully to far-distant points. Ha» 
kept perfectly in warm room 42 daya after picking and shipping 2,647 
miles without refrigeration. Fruit aangs well on tree—even when ripe. 
Like all plums It bears best when planted near another similar kind of plum to 
pollenate it—we recommend Great Yellow (U.S. Patent) and Mammoth Cardinal 
described below. Small Plum in Photo is an Average Site Native Plum. 
A Superior Shipper 
Shipments over long distance without refrigera¬ 
tion show that “Elephant Heart” plums are extra¬ 
ordinarily fine shippers. Strong firm skin—does not 
crack. Flesh is rich darkred, solid, meaty— delicious! 
Because it develops Quality. color and size E.\RLV, 
it can be picked full colored 2 weeks before ripe, 
shipped to distant ix>ints and arrive in splendid 
condition. Keeps perfectly on fruit stands and 
actually gets better quality every day. 
Bore at 2 Yrs. in New York 
John H. Bolton, Schuyler Co., N. Y. reports: 
“Burbank’s Elepliant Heart Plum tree planted year 
ago last April, produced about 2 dozen blossoms 
and set one fine plum wlien only 1 year planted. We 
picked this plum in September and it was extra big, 
same color as your catalog picture—same dark 
blood red, tliick, solid flesh, very small pit. The 
tree lias grown splendidly. 
“Best Plum We Ever Ate” 
“I am glad to rejxirt to you that the Burbank 
Elephant Heart plum tree that I bought of j’ou and 
planted three years ago liad two nice big plums on 
it this season. We picked them day before yester¬ 
day. They were ripe and all the family had a slice 
and thought it tlie best tasting plum we ever ate. 
We hope to have a nice lot next year.”—Chas. 
Valent, New York. 
Great Yellow —Burbank’s 
U. S. Patent Granted —Earliest Yellow Freestone —Ripens even 
earlier than Shiro and much larger. Fruit is very large (2 to 234 in. 
across), of pure golden yellow color (no red cheek) overspread with 
beautiful white bloom that makes it look almost like Alabaster. Our 
Test Orchard Superintendent declares it “the largest solid golden 
I)lum of all Burbank’s. Large as an apple.” Tastes exquisitely 
mild and sweet, with just the right flavor. Tree is a fine grower, good 
foliage, graceful up-right shape. Bore after 14 degrees below "zero 
here in Missouri. Great shipping plum. 
Note huge eize of Elephant Heart Plums (at right) compared to Green Cage 
Red Ace Plum —Burbank’s a delicious crimson 
Flesh Mid-season 
Freestone Plum. Nearly as large as Elephant Heart, but rounder— 
many 234 inches in diameter despite extraordinary heavy bearing. 
Mr. Burbank said of it: “Big Crimson Flesh—firm—small seed— 
sWeet as sugar^rich and full of delicious juice. Tree a fine, strong, 
spreading grower.’’ 
Mammoth Cardinal—Burbank’s ! 
huge cardinalrcd skin, gold flesh plum of surpassing.size and I.eauty. TPE VERY 
BEST of Burbank’s Red-skinned, yellow flc.shed plums. Pest and largest, golden 
fleshed plum, some measuring 2M inches across, .•t splen'’id shipper. I’osses.ses 
a most luscious sweet delicate flai'cr, ab,solutely free from sharp acidity. .\ 
valuable commercial plum. 
Flaming Delicious—Burbank’s 
experts agree that this is one of the best Of Burbank’s early ripening liylirids. 
Ripens about two weeks ahead of Elepliant Heart and may be planted with it 
to lengthen the season of Red p-leshed plums. 
It is large in size, waxy, shinii^ red.—FLESH BLOOD RED clear to the pit. 
Tlie flavor is delicious—sweet—rich—juicy. 
June Red Skin—Burbank’s 
marvelously beautiful, perfectly round red-skinned FREEiSTONE plum with firm, 
crisp, golden yellow flesh. Very large size—ripens extremely early. Delightful 
flavor—sweet and juicy. 
Honey Moon— Burbank’s 
Mid Season yellow. A Lus¬ 
cious Green Gage Hybrid. 
Here Burbank produces a LARGE GLORIOUS YELLOW PLUM with most of 
the sweet, tempting quality of the European Green Gage Plum—combining the 
delicious flavor of the Gage with large size and heavy bearing of Burbank’s 
Japanese Hybrids. 
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