Hardy Deciduous 
Fruit Trees 
Plums 
Most varieties of Plums will bear heavier crops if certain other varieties are 
planted nearby as pollinizers. Burbank, Wickson and Climax all successfully 
pollinate the blossoms of most varieties, as well as each other, and we advise 
including some of these sorts in all Plum plantings. 
The New Rio Oso Gem 
This splendid new Peach is just as fine in 
appearance as the famous J. H. Hale but 
ripens two weeks later and is much superior 
in quality to that variety. The fruit is very 
large, round, and brilliant dark crimson in 
color shading out to orange-red. The flesh is 
ellow, firm, and has as fine a flavor as any 
each you ever ate. Because of its wonderful 
size, appearance and quality, it is being 
widely planted for both home and marke 
urposes. Trees of Rio Oso Gem 10c per tree 
igher than other Peaches. 
Lippiatt's Late Red Cling. A new Austra¬ 
lian Peach which we are introducing this year 
for two reasons. First, it is a beautiful, hig' 
quality Peach of medium size, white skinned 
red cheeked, the flesh being quite red all the 
way through when fully ripe, with a sweet 
and rich flavor. Secondly, it is resistant to 
delayed foliation, and, therefore, bears a 
good crop every year. Early September. 
Salway. Peaches are beginning to get 
scarce when this variety ripens, and since it 
is of extremely high quality is popular bot u ' 
for the market and home use. Large, round, 
with a creamy yellow skin and sweet, yellow, 
juicy flesh. September. 
Krummel. One of the latest freestone 
Peaches and a profitable market variety. 
Fruit large, lemon yellow, lightly blushed 
with carmine; flesh yellow, red at the pit; of 
excellent quality. September. 
White Heath Cling. Creamy white, blush 
on sunny side; flesh white; tender, juicy and 
delicious. A fine cling for home use. Sept. 
Miller's Late. This late variety has abso¬ 
lutely no competition in its season. A fine 
large, yellow freestone of excellent quality, 
and a heavy bearer. November. 
Canning Peaches 
The Peach is a comparatively short-lived 
tree and many of the older orchards of can¬ 
ning clings in California have now passed 
their profitable productive age. The light 
plantings of recent years give Cling Peaches 
a most favorable outlook for the future. 
Peaks Cling (Palora). As a mid-season can¬ 
ning Peach, the Peaks has no superior. The 
fruit is large uniform and round; skin clear 
yellow; flesh yellow to pit. August. 
Sims Cling. Possibly the leading mid-sum¬ 
mer commercial canning cling. The fruit is 
larger than average; golden yellow outside 
and in; flesh clear yellow to the pit. Con¬ 
sistently bears very heavy crops. Late Aug. 
Each Per 10 Per 100 
6 to 8 feet.$ .65 $5.50 $40.00 
4 to 6 feet.60 5.00 35 00 
Write for special prices on 250 or more. 
Ten assorted deciduous fruit trees or five of 
a single variety sold at the 10-rate; fifty as¬ 
sorted trees, but not less than ten of a single 
variety, sold at the 100-rate. 
Methley. The earliest fruits to ripen are 
always greatly appreciated because they 
come after many months when fresh fruits 
have not been available. Methley precedes 
all other Plums by many days, and one tree 
of this variety will provide all that a large 
family can use, being loaded every year with 
the small, sweet, rich deep red fruits. May. 
Apex Plumcot. This fruit, as its name indi¬ 
cates, is a cross between the Apricot and the 
Plum. The big globular pink and red fruit 
has rich aromatic honey-yellow flesh. One of 
the earliest. Early June. 
Beauty. Fruit large and beautiful, deep 
crimson with amber-crimson flesh. A never- 
failing bearer. Early June. 
Climax. One of Luther Burbank's finest in¬ 
troductions. Very large, heart-shaped, with a 
beautiful deep red and yellow color. Flesh is 
golden yellow, richly flavored. Late June. 
Burbank. A fairly early Plum, always pro¬ 
ducing heavy crops. Fruit medium to large, 
almost round; light red mottled with yellow 
and covered with lilac bloom; flesh deep yel¬ 
low and very juicy. Early July. 
The New Ruby Gem Plum 
Ruby Gem Plum. This new Plum is the 
S erfect combination of beauty and usefulness. 
ot only does it have handsome purple foli¬ 
age but it bears large quantities of sweet, 
delicious, reddish-purple plums which are 
borne in large clusters up and down the 
branches. These little plums have dark red 
flesh, very juicy, and have a mild but ex¬ 
quisite flavor. In the spring it is more than 
usually attractive with its multitude of white 
flowers contrasting with the bronze-green leaf 
tips. Early June. 6-8 ft. trees, 85c each; 4-6 
ft. trees, 75c each. 
Wickson. A very large heart-shaped Plum, 
deep yellow, overlaid with carmine and a 
white bloom. Flesh crisp, sweet, amber col¬ 
ored. August. 
Santa Rosa. Possibly the most widely 
planted Plum in California, and certainly one 
of the handsomest. Large oval, purplish- 
crimson fruit, covered with light blue bloom. 
Flesh amber, veined with crimson. Splendid 
for shipping and home use. Late June. 
Red Rosa. A new Plum which is very simi¬ 
lar to the Santa Rosa in appearance, having 
the same bright colored purplish-red fruit and 
amber colored flesh, but which ripens fully 
one month later, long after Santa Rosa is 
one. The fruit is more firm and crisp than 
anta Rosa, and it keeps longer. A splendid 
home and market Plum. Late July. 
Duarte. A little-known Japanese Blood Plum, 
with good sized, oval fruits, deep purplish-red 
in color, with juicy, sweet, bright red flesh 
It is a clingstone and ripens a few days be¬ 
fore Satsuma. Late July. 
Satsuma. The well-known Japanese blood 
Plum so prized for preserves. Large, almost 
round, deep red outside and in, firm, juicy, 
and of fine flavor. Must be planted with other 
varieties to secure good crops. Late July. 
Green Gage. An old favorite, with medium 
sized, oval, greenish-yellow fruits; rich, sweet, 
and juicy. Suitable only for northern districts 
or the higher altitudes. Late August. 
Kelsey. Very large, heart-shaped; greenish- 
yellow, blushed with red; flesh yellow, firm 
and of fine quality. Because of its lateness 
and shipping qualities it has been very profit¬ 
able commercially. Late August. 
Damson. Famous old Plum, prized for many 
years for making jam and preserves. Little, 
oval, purplish-blue fruit, with tart, juicy, yel¬ 
low flesh, producing enormous crops. Sept. 
Becky Smith. Not only one of the most 
beautiful Plums grown, but the very latest to 
ripen, appearing after all the others are gone. 
Big, round, bright red fruits, crisp and sweet, 
of splendid quality for eating and shipping. 
Late September. 
We think that the New Mariposa Plum, shown here Natural Size, will be 
More Enjoyed Fresh than Any Other Plum grown in California. 
Its Blood-red Flesh is exceedingly Sweet and Rich. 
Mariposa — 
The Gigantic New Blood Plum 
(U. S. Plant Patent No. Ill) 
PRICES ON MARIPOSA: 
Each 
Per 10 
Per 100 
6 
to 
8 
feet. 
.$ .85 
$7.50 
$60.00 
4 
to 
6 
feet. 
.75 
6.50 
50.00 
3 
to 
4 
feet. 
..65 
5.50 
45.00 
In our opinion, there is no finer Plum for eat¬ 
ing than the big maroon-red fruits of the Mari¬ 
posa, a new Plum variety which we introduced 
two seasons ago. The gigantic fruits are over¬ 
laid with a glowing lilac bloom, and the blood- 
red flesh has a honey-like sweetness, abundant 
juice and a surpassing flavor which it is impos¬ 
sible to describe in words. The skin, while 
tender in the eating, is quite thick and the flesh 
is firm so that the Plum keeps re¬ 
markably well, and there is no bit¬ 
terness to the skin or pit, for this 
magnificent Plum is sweet and full 
of flavor all the way through. 
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