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Simon Sometimes known as the Prunus Simoni or Apricot plum. It was 
sent to the Paris Museum of Natural History by Eugene Simon, 
French Consul in China, and was first planted in the United States in 1881. 
The tree is very handsome and is often planted for ornamental purposes. It 
is of vigorous upright growth, much resembling a peach tree, but the foliage 
is of lighter shade. The fruit is of a brick red color. The flesh is yellow, firm, 
quite sweet, having somewhat of a pineapple flavor. This variety does well 
wherever the peach can be grown. Ripens early July. 
Wickson Was originated by Luther Burbank and classed by many growers 
and shippers as a popular shipping plum. The fruit of Wickson 
resembles the Kelsey in a great many ways but is more symmetrical and when 
ripe ranges from a deep cherry red to a rich scarlet. The flesh is of an amber 
tinge and quite juicy with a very small pit and is valuable for its long keeping 
qualities. The tree is a very vigorous, upright grower. 
While this variety is particularly adapted and recommended for planting in 
the central coast, interior valleys and foothill sections it can be planted most 
any place in California, with good success. Ripens in August. 
Yellow Egg Is often called the Egg Plum on account of it,s shape. It is 
very popular and highly regarded for its canning qualities. 
During the last two or three years canners have been scouring the country for 
Yellow Egg plums and ready to contract with growers for their crops at very 
fancy prices. 
Fruit is of large size, often measuring as much as six inches by its longest 
circumference. The skin is yellow, often bearing white dots, covered with a 
thin white bloom. Flesh yellow, rather acid, but becoming sweet when fully 
ripe, and has a tendency to cling to the pit. 
Owing to its attractive appearance it is highly recommended as a canning 
plum and as a good market variety. Thrives well in all parts of California. 
Ripens July and August. 
PRUNES 
The prune is one of the most important fruit industries of the Pacific 
Coast. All the standard varieties are planted throughout California, while in 
Washington and Oregon, especially in the coast regions, planting is confined 
principally to the Fellenberg, commonly known as Italian, it being practically 
the only variety suitable for the northwest. In California the French Prune 
(Petite Prune d’Agen) is the principal variety, followed closely by the popu¬ 
lar sorts, such as Imperial, Robe de Sargent and Sugar, which latter varieties 
appear to thrive best along the Northern California coast regions, especially 
in Sonoma Valley and northward. These varieties are used for drying, while 
the Tragedy and Hungarian are used for fresh shipping, bringing handsome 
returns to the planter by producing regular crops of fine fruit every year. The 
Tragedy ripens in early July and planters have found it to their advantage to 
plant the Climax plum as a pollenizer, which enlarges the size of the fruit as 
well as insuring regular and abundant crops. 
Prunes are budded on almond, peach and myrobolan roots. The almond 
root for dry gravelly soils, the peach root for light sandy silt, and loamy soils, 
while the myrobolan is suited for heavy, wet soils, especially those which have 
poor drainage, also for river bottoms where there is a standing high water 
level. The prune delights, however, in the rich, deep loams, where it bears 
regular and large crops of fruit. 
The trees should be planted from 20 to 25 feet apart. The same general 
pruning instructions should be followed as in pruning the plum, with the ex¬ 
ception that in some varieties of prunes, especially the Sugar severe pruning 
is required each season, cutting back all new growths to one-half and even 
two-thirds, and all the fruit spurs should be shortened in. Long, stringy 
growth of wood which forms long, barren, bearing surface should be over¬ 
come, as this condition is liable to occur in any plum or prune orchard, espe¬ 
cially in localities where there is a long growing period. Under such condi¬ 
tions should the orchardist find that he is at a loss to know how to prune his 
trees for best results he can readily find some one who understands this work 
or secure the information especially suited for his particular orchard from the 
nurseries located near him. 
We are always ready to assist our friends and customers in giving such in¬ 
formation as they desire relative to the best methods of taking care, pruning 
and handling of their orchard, and it is a pleasure to us to give such assist¬ 
ance when requested. 
