OTTO M. LOCKE NURSERY. NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS 
We Should 
Grow More Fruit 
in the Southwest 
Otto M. Locke fruit trees have been budded 
from good, strong, vigorous and heavy-bearing 
trees. 
Delicious 
APPLES 
DELICIOUS. Large, dark red, flesh is fine¬ 
grained; crisp, juicy; very attractive and great 
market apple; the tree is very hardy and a thrifty 
grower. Conical in shape. 
BLACK TWIG. Large, bright yellow, shaded 
red. Good quality and fine flavor. Tree hardy. 
HELM. One of the best apples to grow in the 
South. The fruit is large, of typical apple shape, 
red with white specks, and the quality is not sur¬ 
passed; flesh cream color. Ripens in July. 
TRANSCENDENT CRAB APPLE. An attrac¬ 
tive yellow color, splashed and striped with red; 
bears very young, annual crops thereafter. Buds 
and blossoms exquisitely beautiful. Ripens in 
July. Excellent for preserves. 
Price: 4 to 6 ft., 50c each, $5.00 per dozen, 
$39.00 per 100. 
OTTO M. LOCKE’S DELICIOUS PLUMS 
BRUCE. Large, red, productive. On account of 
early ripening, large size, firm shipping quality, 
productiveness, and delicious flavor, it is con¬ 
sidered the most profitable of all plums. 
EXCELSIOR. (Hybrid.) A variety which has 
proven its value in nearly all sections of the 
South. Fruit of good size; round, reddish purple; 
flesh juicy, melting, and sweet. 
SHIRO. Rank grower, enormously productive; 
fruit will keep a month. Is so transparent the pit 
can be seen through the flesh. Apple-shaped. 
Early. 
GONZALES. A cross between the American 
and Japanese plum. The fruit is large, sweet, and 
juicy, and will keep for a week after ripening. 
Tree good grower and bearer. Ripens middle of 
June. 
HAPPINESS. Trees handsome, leaves very 
large so sun cannot burn plums. Fruit large, often 
six inches around; color glowing red, quality very 
fine. Bears full, but does not overbear, so has no 
off years. 
NONA. Large, oblong, red cheeks; heavy 
bearer; meat yellow and very sweet; ripens in 
July; tree a healthy grower and long-lived. One 
of the best plums for the market. 
GOLD. Large, firm, glowing yellow, with some 
red. Has a wide range, sure bearer, and a money¬ 
maker. 
BARTLETT. Fruit red, with yellow spots. Flesh 
salmon-colored. Quality fine, tastes like Bartlett 
pears. Long-lived tree. Thrives on any poor soil. 
AMERICA. Tree very healthy; fruit medium to 
large, bright golden yellow; firm; stone, medium 
to large. 
SWEET BOTAN. Japanese; one of the finest 
and oldest varieties. Red with yellow meat, very 
sweet. 
WICKSON. Japanese; tree grows in vase form, 
sturdy and upright. The fruit is evenly distributed 
all over the tree. It changes to white when about 
half-grown, and remains so until a few days be¬ 
fore ripening, when it changes to a glowing car¬ 
mine. Small pit; the flesh is of a fine texture, 
firm, sugary and delicious. Good keeper. A fine 
rare plum. 
SANTA ROSA. Quality of fruit is unequaled; 
as a shipping plum it is the peer of them all. 
Plums are a deep purplish crimson, each fruit 
averaging six inches in circumference each way; 
the flesh near the skin is purple shaded with rosy 
scarlet and pale amber towards the stone, which 
is very small; the eating quality is unequaled; 
rich, fragrant, delicious. Ripens early. Tree strong 
and hardy. 
BURBANK. Japanese; named after the intro¬ 
ducer of this and most of the other good plums. 
When fully ripe the fruit is red and deliciously 
sweet. Best bearing variety. 
SATSUMA. A large and well-flavored plum 
with blood-red flesh, skin bluish red; pit is very 
small; trees grow large and old, and are very 
good bearers. 
METHLEY. The earliest and best flavored plum 
known. Ripens May 10. Color bluish red and meat 
blood red. Fruit sells for $3.50 per bushel on 
market when others bring only $1.0*0. 
Prices: 3 ft., 30c each, $3.25 per dozen; 5 ft., 50c 
each, $5.50 per dozen. 
LOCATION: On the San Antonio-Austin Highway 
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