PLUMS —QUINCES —APRICOTS 
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Plums, Red June closely follows Abundance and Bur¬ 
bank in popularity; is a good shipper. The trees are 
large, vigorous, spreading, hardy, healthy, productive. 
Satsuma, Japanese. Skin dark dull red, thin bloom; 
flesh dark purplish-red, juicy, sweet, with almond- 
like flavor, good quality, stone very small; mid-sea¬ 
son; fruit medium to large in size, roundish. One of 
the best of its class in quality for either dessert or 
culinary purposes, keeps and ships well. The trees are 
above the average in size, habit, health, hardiness and 
productiveness. 
Shropshire Damson. Skin blue, thick bloom, dots 
numerous; flesh golden yellow, juicy, firm but tender, 
sprightly, pleasant; season late; fruit small in size, 
roundish. Should be in home collections; productive, 
bears year after year. Trees vigorous, hardy. Orig¬ 
inated in England. 
Stanley Prune. Dept, of Agr. experts have succeeded 
beyond their fondest hopes in originating a new ex¬ 
ceptionally fine quality, large bearing prune that is 
sure to take its place among the best of all. Fruit is 
full-flavored, large dark blue, simply great as a home 
garden sort and a most profitable commercial orchard 
tree. Stanley is the last word in prunes. 
WIckson, Japanese. Skin dark red over a yellow 
ground, thin bloom; flesh amber-yellow, juicy, firm, 
sweet, pleasant flavor, good; early mid-season, period 
of ripening long; fruit very large, the largest of all 
Japanese Plums if not the largest of all Plums. Tree 
is large, vigorous, upright head, blooming season 
early. At its best in South and West. 
Yellow Egg. Skin golden-yellow, thick bloom; flesh 
golden-yellow, rather juicy, firm, average sweetness, 
mild, good; season late and short; stone semi-free or 
free; fruit large. The largest and handsomest of the 
yellow Plums. Excellent for cooking. 
Quinces 
The fruit is in demand for stewing, baking and for 
Quince Marmalade and for jelly and is an ideal fruit for 
the flavoring of preserves, jelly, marmalade, giving 
them a delightful taste and perfume. In almost all local 
markets Quince fruit finds a ready sale. 
The Quince fruit crop is reliable, not easily destroyed 
by variations of the weather and the trees are hardy, 
productive and easy to care for. 
ORANGE QUINCE 
Bourgeat. Bright, golden yellow. A great favorite be¬ 
cause it keeps so well. A profuse bearer of large, 
showy, handsome, richly colored fruit which should, 
if stored in a good cellar, keep until spring. Fine for 
cooking as it cooks without hardness like Apples. 
Orange (Apple Quince). The Orange is a fine golden 
color, roundish with ends generally flattened like an 
Apple. Ripens early (September). The flesh is fi’^m, 
tender when cooked, fine quality and high flavor. The 
tree is very productive, vigorous and widely grown. 
Under good conditions the fruit can be carried through 
January. 
Rea’s Mammoth. One of the most popular of the 
Quinces. The fruit is large to very large, rich golden 
yellow; flesh cooks tender as the Apple and without 
hard spots or cores; flavor delicate, imparting an ex¬ 
quisite Quince taste and odor to any fruit with which 
it is cooked. It ripens rather late and the tree is ex¬ 
tremely hardy and productive. We recommend this 
variety most highly. 
Apricots 
• The season of ripening, coming between the Cherries 
and Peaches, makes this fruit very desirable and valu¬ 
able. The dainty, showy appearance of Apricot fruit, its 
good quality that surely appeals to the taste of all who 
eat Apricot fruit, and the fact that Apricot fruit is al- 
w'ays in good demand in the city markets, and at good 
prices for fancy table use, are points so favorable that 
the planting of Apricot trees should have more attention 
from growers w'ho raise fruit for market and growers 
who raise fruit for their family and themselves to eat. 
Early Golden. Color is w'holly pale orange. Season 
middle of July. Fruit small—one and a half inches in 
diameter—roundish oval. Flesh orange-yellow, mod¬ 
erately juicy, rich and sweet. Free from the stone. 
Kernel sweet. Tree hardy and productive. 
Early Moorpark. Yellow, wuth red cheek. Season last 
of July. Fruit medium size. A free-stone of superior 
quality. 
Large Early Montgamet. Pale yellow with a tinge of 
red on sunny side. Season middle or latter part of 
July. Fruit large and round; quality the best, and a 
fine shipper. A very choice medium early sort; one of 
the best in cultivation. Tree is a good, strong, healthy 
growler, and will stand a great deal of cold. Has borne 
heavily with us and we consider it one of the very best 
Apricot« in cultivation. 
EARLY MOORPARK APRICOT 
