GRAND DUKE 
A very popular market variety for the last of the season. The 
fruit is purplish black with thick bloom and numerous small dots. 
The flesh is juicy, medium firm, sweet and mild. An excellent 
plum for cooking. The tree, while medium in size and sometimes 
late in coming to bear, bears regularly and abundantly and the 
fruit hangs on in good condition for a long time. September 20th. 
«/ HALL 
A well tested new variety which is a result of a cross of 
Gold Drop and Grand Duke, two of the largest and handsomest 
European plums. Hall is better in flesh and flavor than either of 
its parents. The fruits are so handsome that they will sell in 
any market. The tree is nearly perfect. Semi freestone. Septem¬ 
ber 20th. 
IMPERIAL EPINEUSE 
A first-rate market fruit of excellent quality. Its tender meat, 
sweet and rich flavored, together with its large size makes it a 
favorite for any use. The large trees, particularly strong and 
vigorous, bear rather late. September 10th. 
V LOMBARD 
A widely grown variety of remarkable robustness and health, 
regularly growing an abundance of well flavored plums. The 
showy purplish-red fruit is tempting to the eye and readily sale¬ 
able. Its quality lends itself well to canning, cooking and pre¬ 
serving or spicing. Fruits midseason. September 14th. 
REINE CLAUDE, GREEN GAGE 
For quality that gratifies the sense of taste, richness, aroma 
and abundance of juice, Reine Claude is unsurpassed. The trees 
are of medium size and vigorous, round tops, hardy and produc¬ 
tive. While the fruit is very susceptible to brown rot and requires 
careful thinning and spraying, the fine quality golden fruit will 
well repay this extra care. Perhaps the best plum for domestic 
canning. September 8th. 
JAPANESE 
ABUNDANCE 
This most desirable plum well deserves its name. It bears 
early and annually great quantities of dark red fruit. Excellent 
for domestic use and good for local market. The tree is large, 
vigorous, vase formed, hardy and early bearing. August 14th. 
BURBANK 
High quality, handsomely colored fruit makes this variety a 
market favorite. It ripens about a week later than Abundance but 
keeps and ships better. The tree is large and vigorous, distinguished 
by its low, sprawling habit and flat open top. It is usually hardy, 
very productive and healthy. The skin of the fruit is dark red over 
a mottled yellow ground with a thick bloom. Flesh yellow, juicy, 
tender and sweet. Bears very young. Should be interplanted with 
Abundance to insure proper pollination. August to September. 
MONARCH 
A juicy and pleasantly tart and beautiful large purple fruit, 
ranking high among dessert plums. This recent strain has risen 
speedily in popularity and is already of significant commercial 
importance having most desirable traits. The trees are of excel¬ 
lent character and are heavy late producers. September 20th. 
SHIPPERS PRIDE 
Purplish black fruit, overspread with thick bloom. Flavor tart 
and mild. Stone semi-cling. Tree large round topped, productive. Is 
not popular as Italian and German Prune plum varieties are being 
planted to take its place. Ripens in September. 
SHROPSHIRE DAMSON 
Can be found in nearly all commercial orchards and home 
plantings. Is enormously productive, large, vigorous and hardy, 
fruit small oval in shape. Skin purplish black, covered with a blue 
bloom; flesh melting and juicy, firm but tender, agreeably tart at 
full maturity. Stone clinging. Ripens in September. 
STANLEY 
A prune type of plum which is a cross between Agen and 
Grand Duke. Fruit is large in size, dark blue with thick bloom, 
having greenish yellow fine grained sweet juicy tender flesh and 
a free stone. It is excellent for both cooking and eating out of 
hand. The tree is healthy, vigorous and produces full crop annu¬ 
ally. September 12th. 
✓ YELLOW EGG 
The largest and most handsome of yellow plums grown for 
market and home use for cooking. The trees are satisfactory on 
all but very light soil, large, vigorous, open top, hardy and pro¬ 
ductive. Last of August. 
✓ YELLOW GAGE 
Should be planted in the home orchard. Fruit is large with a 
beautiful color, golden yellow often with a faint blush, with a firm 
and juicy yet tender flesh. Tree very large, vigorous, hardy and 
productive. Stone free. Ripens in mid-season. 
VARIETIES 
RED JUNE 
The variety is distinguished from all other plums by its fruit 
characters; the plum is distinctly heart-shape with a deep cavity 
and a very pointed apex; the color is mottled garnet red overlaid 
with a thin but very distinct delicate bloom. Trees are large, 
vigorous, spreading, hardy, and productive. Is somewhat self-sterile 
and needs cross-pollinating. Ripens early. 
WICKSON 
This highly lauded largest of all plums has a handsome, red¬ 
dish color, firm flesh and a distinctive, pleasant flavor. It is 
valuable both for home use and the market. The tree is narrow, 
upright but hardy only where the peach can be grown. August 
14th. 
MINNESOTA and HANSEN VARIETIES 
COMPASS 
An absolutely hardy, wonderfully productive tree. In shape, 
size and coloring of the fruit, the characteristics of both cherry and 
plum are recognized; color bright red, becoming a rich, dark garnet 
when well ripened. Valuable for canning and preserving. 
MONITOR 
Exceptionally large fruit of dark red color. The flesh is tender, 
sweet and juicy, but also very firm. Tree is vigorous of upright 
growth. A very good variety for the orchard as well as for the home 
use. 
OPATA 
A very hardy tree of spreading growing habits, and a heavy 
bearer. The fruit is deep purple red, splashed with green, firm and 
of excellent quality. 
SAPA 
Tree is a dwarf but rapid grower. Color of fruit similar to 
Opata, but the flesh is dark purple and has a rich flavor. Small pit. 
Fine for canning and pies. 
TOKA 
A cross between the American Plum and the Chinese Fra¬ 
grant Apricot. The tree is remarkably strong and vigorous, and 
bears early. The large fruit is dark red in color, firm and a good 
shipper. 
WANETA 
It is probably the best and largest of 10,000 seedlings that 
Prof. Hansen grew to produce a new plum. In 1912 the size here 
at Brookings, South Dakota, was two inches in diameter, weighing 
about two ounces. The fruit is colored deep red and has a delicious 
flavor. Tree hardy and very productive. 
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