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Isaac Hicks & Son, Westbury Station, New York 
JAPAN PLUMS. 
Price, 30 to 40 cents each. 
This new class of fruit we have thoroughly tested, and strongly recommended its planting in gardens and 
orchards. After one or two years the trees bear heavy annual crops of delicious fruit. 
The peculiarly desirable features presented by these Japanese Plums on a con¬ 
servative estimate, are earliness, great productiveness and almost complete freedom 
from insect and fungous enemies. The quality is good, but not always equal to the 
best of the common Plums. 
They are the best Plums for Long Island, and should be largely 
planted, as they are very profitable for market. 
3-year Plum Tree. 
Red June. A medium to large vermilion-red Plum ; 
very showy. Flesh moderately juicy, of subacid, 
pleasant quality, but not as rich as some others. 
The best early Plum. 
Abundance. Medium to large, globular; yellow, 
mostly covered with red. Flesh firm and juicy, 
sweet and good when fully ripe. The tree is very 
productive, and the loads of fruit that young trees 
carry astonish all who see them. The fruit should 
be severely thinned out and the branches tied up. 
Ripens in early August. 
Berckmans. Medium size ; flesh very sweet, moder¬ 
ately juicy. Tree productive. 
Burbank. Medium to large ; yellow, with red cheek ; 
flesh firm, rich and sugary. The best flavored va¬ 
riety we have tested; the tree is very productive. 
Ripens last part of August. 
Georgeson. Medium to large; flesh clear yellow, 
firm, sweet and good. The best yellow variety. 
Wickson. Very large ; the largest Japan Plum ; color, 
maroon red. Flesh firm and long-keeping, of good 
quality ; a promising new variety. 
Hale. A handsome globular, red-speckled Plum. 
Flesh soft and juicy, of good quality and peach-like 
flavor. Tree a good grower and productive. A very 
promising new variety, just introduced. 
Chabot. For description, see under cut. 
Satsuma. Large; very dark red; flesh blood-red, 
acid, of fair quality when fully ripe. Productive 
and late. 
EUROPEAN PLUMS. 
The varieties of the common or European Plum 
{Primus domestica) do best on heavy land, but will 
grow well on any soil if given applications of ground 
bone and potash. 
Bradshaw. Fruit large, oval, reddish purple; flesh 
yellow, rather coarse, juicy and good. Tree very 
vigorous and has good foliage. 
Empire. Fruit large, dark purple, good quality 
Tree productive and vigorous. 
German Prune. Fruit long-oval, purple, with white 
bloom ; flesh green, sweet. Tree a poor grower. 
Green Gage. Round, small, green fruit. The flavor 
is exceedingly sweet and rich, unequaled by any 
other. Tree of dwarfish, slow growth. 
Italian Prune (Fellenburg). Large, dark blue, 
sweet, and of good quality for dessert or preserving. 
Lombard. Medium to large, dark red ; flesh deep 
yellow, of pleasant flavor, but not rich. The tree is 
one of the most vigorous of the Plum family, and is 
productive and well adapted to light soils. 
Monarch. Very large, dark purplish blue. Tree 
robust, productive. * 
PERSIMMON, AMERICAN. 
A large, handsome tree, with lustrous leaves. Will 
grow in wet ground. Skin and flesh of fruit brick-red, 
soft and sweet after frost. 
CHABOT PLUM. 
A large, dull red’Plum, with thick white bloom. Medium to good quality. 
