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Plant Our New Hardy Plums and Grow the Finest 

Splendid 

We carry a very fine assortment of the 
Improved New Plums. These wonderful 
Plums have been developed during the past 
30 years by the plant breeders at the Min- 
nesota and South Dakota Fruit Breeding 
Farms. These Plums are the best that have 
been developed up to date. It is very fortu- 
nate that we have them as their possession 
enables us to pick fruit right off our own trees 
that is just as fine looking, just as large, and 
just as fine in quality as the beautiful big 
Plums that are shipped here from the or- 
chards of California. We have even shipped 
Splendid Plum trees to Caifornia customers 
and have had reports from them after these 
trees bore that they were the “finest Plums 
they ever ate.” We are now listing 15 differ- 
ent varieties and we would advise buyers if 
they purchase 8 to 10 trees, to take one of 
a kind, as the varieties are distinctly different 
in flavor. They also fruit at different times 
and spread the enjoyment of eating Plums 
over a longer period of time. All these Plums 
that carry the wild American Plum blood 
must be planted in groups side by side as to 
fertilize one another or they will not bear. 































































Elliott 
15 Distinct Varieties, Every One an A-I Plum 
EMBER. This is a new Plum sent out by the Minnesota Station after-a 
SUPERIOR. (See color illustration on page 50.) This we name one of 
trial of over twenty years. The Embez is the latest of our entire list. 
It has exceptionally fine canning and preserving quaities, having a 
very fine skin after being cooked, with no tzace of bitterness from the 
skin left in the sauce. This Plum is noted for its clinging to the tree 
even after fully ripe and makes a splendid market Plum, as it will 
hold in good condition for two weeks after picking. This season 
everyone in the nursery went wild over the quality of this fine Plum. 
You will like it. 
ELLIOTT. One of the first lot of Plums to be sent out by the Minnesota 
Station. We have tried out all the Station Plums as they come out. 
We have let many of them go, but we will always grow the Elliott as 
we still think it one of the best of all hardy Plums after a 20-year 
trial. A very large oval orange-red, firm fleshed Plum of finest quality. 
Very small pit. Next to the latest of all our Plums. A long lived 
Plum tree. 
FIEBING. Our Fiebing Plums have now stood in our orchard six years. 
For five years they have given us a big crop of fine Plums. They are 
one of the largest first class Plums we ever grew. They are a large 
oblong Plum about the size of the average hen’s egg. The color is a 
deep blue-black. Very meaty, small pit, flesh rich and dark, quality 
very fine. Not so good in quality as Splendid but still strictly first 
class. Looks like a great big blue prune. Comes into bloom at same 
time as Splendid and good to plant with that variety as a fertilizer. 
(See color illustration on page 50). 
KAGA. (Apricot-Plum cross.) A midseason variety bearing a round, 
brilliant red Plum with a wonderful aroma. It has a fine flavor and 
is a wonderful variety to eat from the tree, but it is especially fine as 
a canning Plum. There is no bitterness in the sauce as you find in 
the sauce of many other Plums. It is a wonderful fertilizer for other 
Plum trees. 
KAHINTA. A late midseason Plum from South Dakota Station. Plum 
round, about 11/4 inches in diameter, pink flushed deep red. Juicy, 
midseason, and fine qualtiy. A very large spreading tree that we 
believe is the greatest annual bearer of large crops of big plums we 
ever saw. 
LA CRESCENT. A splendid Plum of a very distinctive quality. Fruit 
of medium size; round; light creamy yellow overlaid with delicate 
pink. Very sweet and of the best quality. Early. A very juicy Plum 
that is strictly a home orchard Plum. (See color illustration, page 50). 
SPLENDID. (See color illustration, page 50.) We first offered this 
variety for sale in the spring of 1930. At that time we said that the 
Splendid was the finest Plum we had ever eaten. We still say the same 
thing. To date we have never had a Plum that will compare with the 
Splendid for quality. Fine, rather upright growing tree. Fruit almost 
round, slightly larger at the base. Bright red, with numerous white 
spots, changing to deep, rich red as it becomes thoroughly ripe. Skin 
thin, pit small, fruit large, averaging 11% to 134 inches. Flesh firm, 
richly colored, meaty, and the flavor is simply splendid. 
the greatest Plums sent out by the Minnesota Station and they have 
given us many good ones. It is an apricot-plum cross. The Plum is 
the greatest size and of a peculiarly pointed cone shape (see cut), 
which makes it very attractive. The flesh is firm, meaty, and of the 
finest quality. It ripens over a long period of time, which makes it 
very desirable for a home and market Plum. An annual and prolific 
bearer and with us a long-lived tree. 
SURPRISE. This Plum was originated at Springfield, Minnesota, many 
years ago and is a Plum of the very highest quality. It is also a won- 
derful Plum. in other respects. Experiments carried out at the Minne- 
sota Station have demonstrated the Surprise to be the best of all 
Plums to plant with other varieties to fertilize their blossoms and 
cause them to set good crops of fruit. 
TOKA. (Apricot-Plum cross.) This is a flat, medium sized Plum, bril- 
liant red in color, with pleasant aroma. It is a wonderful canning 
Plum, as there is no bitterness from the skin or its small pit. The 
tree is a beautiful upright grower that develops into a perfect orna- 
mental tree, the most beautiful of all plum trees. The quality of the 
fruit is of the highest. 
PRICES FOR ALL PLUMS ON THIS PAGE 
Each Any 5 Any 10 
ALO Wf Cote a5 tc ey A Reg sass $0.55 $2.50 $4.50 
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Splendid Plum at left; one-year-old Ruby Rhubarb at right. The Ruby Rhubarb 
was planted in May and this picture was taken in August the same year. 
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