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Burbank’s Elephant Heart Plum 
Photograph 2 Actual Size. World’s 
Greatest Red Fleshed Freestone 
Plum. Note Huge Size compared to 
average red native plum. 
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Luther Burbank’s New Fruit Creations 
Luther Burbank selected Stark Nurseries, in preference to all other Horticultural Institutions, to carry 
on his great work and introduce the New Luther Burbank Fruit and Plant Creations to the world. 
The highest quality, the largest, most beautiful of all the master The earliest yellow freestone plum, ripening even earlier than 
fruit breeder’s plum creations. Early Gold (Shiro) and averages much larger. 
Imagine a plum 214 x 21% inches, almost. as big as a U. S, 
Standard apple, a huge, heart-shaped dark red beauty! Then realize 
with surprise that it isa PERFECT FREESTONE (that you can 
break and eat it like a peach), with blood red flesh as exquisitely 
luscious as that of an Oxheart cherry, possessing an alluring aroma 
never before owned by any plum! That is the Elephant Heart 
Most outstanding solid golden plum of all the Burbank wonder 
creations. Our Test Orchard Supt. describes it as “a huge, wonder- 
fully beautiful pure golden plum, large as a small apple’’. A freestone 
when fully ripe, from 2 to 2! inches in diameter, excellent quality 
and with a very tiny seed for such a large plum. 
Luther Burbank’s latest and greatest plum creation. The name GREAT. YELLOW was given it by Burbank, and ° 
i ; is most fitting for it is pure yellow without sign of blush. Best of the 
The Elephant Heart plum has gone through severest tests for early yellow plums — mild and sweet, with just the right touch of 
' HARDINESS. In the central west, east and other sections even 
acid near seed. Top budded limbs only a year and a half old bore a 
further north where 15 or 20 degrees below zero comes nearly splendid crop of huge plums in North Missouri, after 14 below zero. 
EVERY YEAR, Elephant Heart trees have proven their splendid 
hardiness, vigor and adaptability. The beauty of this huge translucent golden plum is beyond de- 
scription, and its remarkable size will command instant attention on 
any market. Flesh is very solid, and holds up remarkably well in 
! ; shipping, having carried 2500 miles without refrigeration during 
fruit and will be able to offer to frienas a plum more delicious than hottest weather and arrived in excellent condition. Plum Experts 
any they have ever before tasted. No orchard or garden is complete gay: “Great Yellow is unquestionably one of the greatest yellow 
without Elephant Heart. plums in existence,” : : 
No more beautiful or delicious plum was ever grown, and owners 
of Elephant Heart trees will point with pride to the beauty of its 
Many varieties of plum, including Elephant Heart, should 
have a tree or two of another variety to properly pollenate them. 
For Elephant Heart we suggest Early Gold, Santa Rosa, Red Ace, 
or Mammoth Cardinal. This will help to assure better crops. 
Large red-fleshed plum, fit companion of Great Ele- ‘Very large, deep-black, 
phant Heart. BURBANK describes it “‘Big—firm—small seed— Sweet cherry that .is most delicious. One of the sweetest, most 
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sweet as sugar. Full of delicious juice—regularly productive. delicious, most beautiful NEW SWEET sorts. 
Lee len = eM ; 4 Mr. Burbank said: 
; OD—This is the Marliest Big Blood Flesh Plum among “Beautiful —like Napoleon. but infinitely better quality. Red and 
BURBANK’S marvelous Creations. “A rich, delicious, deep purple gold in color, most attractive, immense size. 
plum. Sweet, juicy, rich. 
; ! Often 3's to 4 inches in diameter — 
A huge red, gold-flesh plum of sur-* delicious flavor — an outstanding quality freestone peach. 
passing beauty. Color brilliant striking cherry-red-all-over. Largest igs t 
~ some measuring 244 in. across. :ACH—clear orange-yellow with clear 
golden-yellow flesh — 3 weeks ahead of Elberta. 
Luscious Green Gage Hybrid, Here BURBANK g ‘ 9 
produces a glorious golden yellow plum. Fruit large size, pure see page 15, 
(almost transparent) golden yellow with a FLAVOR VERY MUCH 
LIKE A PERFECTLY RIPENED GREEN GAGE. 
Marvelously beautiful, perfectly round red 
Freestone BURBANK CREATION with golden yellow flesh. 
Each Rate ) ( 10 Rate ) ( 100 Rate ) 
LUTHER BURBANK was the first man 1-10 Trees* 10-30 Trees* 30-50 Trees* 
in the world to combine the flavor of both Plum and Apricot in one 4.7 ft. size $2.25 Eact rp) Dae Cae 
new fruit — the Plumcot. This PURPLE PLUMCOT is his finest 9 5 44. « pana eer ae 
blood-flesh variety -— huge, often 2 in. across. 53 tt, ee 175 aS ayes Sah phy hi 
Ue: 2-3 ft. size .75 Eac .50 Hac 1.25 Eae 
The Orange Plumeot is brilliant orange- 
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gold mottled with vivid red — flesh rich orange, thick, meaty, very NOTE—No matter how many different varieties. 
small seed. A splendid tree for the Home-Orchard. Elephant Heart—25c above these prices, 
