EARL E. MAY’S 1937 CATALOG OF SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK 
Omaha Plum 
HARDY PLU MS 
Plums grow naturally in the Farm Belt. You 
will find them growing wild along streams and 
in thickets. Wild Plums are small but these 
new improved domestic varieties I am offering 
have wonderful flavors and are large in size. 
Plums pay big dividends in health. Eating them 
gives you vim, vigor and vitality. 
Plant several varieties of Plums together so 
the blooms can fertilize each other. They bear 
much better if this is done. Plant 15 to 20 feet 
apart. If the fruit sets on too heavily to ripen 
easily, shake part of it off. 
Size 
Each 
Per 4 
Per 10 
Express or freight, 2yr 
4-6 ft. 
$0.55 
$2.10 
$5.00 
Postpaid, 2 yr. 
3-4 ft. 
.45 
1.65 
3.75 
Hardy Hybrid and Improved 
Native Plums 
Superior Flavored Varieties 
Often bear first year after planting. Al¬ 
ways loaded with fruit. 
APRICOT PLUM or BANSKA. The tree is a 
tall vigorous grower. The fruit has a most 
delicious Apricot flavor. Good for eating off 
the tree. The fruit retains its fragrance 
when canned or made into jellies or jams. 
The fruit is flat at the ends, reddish-purple 
in color, skin tender, pits small, meat yellow. 
Ripens middle of August. 
GULDEN' MINNESOTA. Here is a clear yellow 
skinned, yellow meated plum you will enjoy 
eating. It is very juicy, tender and sweet. 
Finest quality, small seeded, freestone. Rip¬ 
ens in August. 
TERRY. Perfectly hardy most everywhere. 
The quality is excellent. Some think it is 
even better than Omaha. Fruit is round, mot¬ 
tled red and large in size. It is yellow meated, 
firm and very finely flavored. You will like 
Terry for eating right off the tree as well 
canning. 
OMAHA. The great Nebraska Plum. 
This tree bears lots of fruit. I 
think it is the best native variety. 
Ripens middle of August. Fruit 
is large, dark red, flesh yellow, 
juicy and sweet. 
OFATA. Middle of July. Fruit is 
purplish red; green flesh, thin 
skin and small pit. Extremely 
early. Pleasant flavor, sweetly 
acid. Earliest of all Plums. 
SAPA. An excellent home and mar¬ 
ket variety. Purplish-black fruit 
and rich purple meat loaded with 
juice. Excellent for canning as 
the skin entirely disappears with 
cooking. Ripens late July. 
WANETA. 'fhe fruit is very large, often 2 
inches in diameter. Very deep red in color, 
yellow flesh and a delicious flavor. Perfectly 
hardy and a rapid grower. At age of four 
years it is not unusual for a Waneta to pro¬ 
duce four bushels. Excellent for eating off 
the tree. Ripens middle of August. See col¬ 
ored picture, Page 8. 
Sweet— 
Delicious Eating 
Extremely Hardy 
Generally Bear First 
Year After Planting 
Grow Anywhere 
and Everywhere 
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Hardy European 
PlumS—Adopted Varieties 
Exceptionally High in Quality 
Good Market and Eating Plums 
These varieties are very hardy 
and large bearers in Nebraska, 
Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, and Mis¬ 
souri, and states of similar lati¬ 
tude. Plant on a heavy clay soil. 
BLUE DAMSON. This is the 
small Blue Damson Plum. Gen¬ 
erally used for canning. Bears 
every year, fruiting in early 
September. 
GERMAN PRUNE. Probably the 
best European Plum. Tree is 
very vigorous, producing large 
crops. A fine eating and mar¬ 
ket variety. Fruit is medium 
size, oval shape, purplish-black 
color, excellent flavor, very juicy. 
Ripens late August. 
GREEN GAGE. Middle of August. 
Round, greenish yellow, juicy, 
sugary, rich. Tree vigorous and 
productive. 
Compass Cherry 
Plums 
Hardy Everywhere 
Neither a Cherry nor a Plum, 
yet Compass combines all of the 
German Prune good qualities of both fruits. Ex¬ 
tremely hardy and fruits where 
others fail. Particularly adapted to Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, the 
Dakotas, Minnesota, etc. Makes wonderful preserves, and cans up well. The fruit 
is bright red, juicy, and has a tart flavor. When fully ripe it is a dark wine color 
and looks more like a Plum than a Cherry. See colored picture, Page 5. 
Size 
Each 
Per 4 
Per 10 
Express or freight, 2 yr. 
4-6 ft. 
$0.55 
.45 
$2.10 
1.65 
$5.00 
3.75 
Postpaid, 2 yr . 
3-4 ft. 
Imperial Japanese 
Plum 
IMPERIAL JAPANESE PLUM 
Superior in Size, Flavor and Quality 
These are similar plums to those you have been getting in the 
grocery store. Large in size, dark reddish purple and of wonder¬ 
ful eating quality. Its deep yellow flesh is very firm, yet it is 
juicy, sweet tasting and freestone. Though comparatively a re¬ 
cent introduction to the Farm Belt, yet it is proving very popular. 
Ripens late in August and is our hardiest variety of Japanese 
eating plums. Especially recommended for Kansas, Missouri, 
Arkansas, Oklahoma and other states of similar climatic condi¬ 
tions. A new sweet, satisfying flavor you will enjoy. 
Size 
Each 
Per 4 
Per 10 
4-6 ft. 
$0.60 
$2.25 
$5.35 
Postpaid . 
3-4 ft. 
.50 
1.85 
4.25 
