8 CUMBERLAND VALLEY NURSERIES, IN C. 
Kieffer. Growri largely for culinary purposes. 
Grows to large size. Fruit long and heavy. Flesh 
coarse and not so sweet. Largely planted for can- 
ning. 
Douglas. Wonderful fall pear. Golden yellow 
in color. Tree bears very young, and an excellent 
variety. One of the hardiest, most blight resist- 
ant and productive pears now being grown. Suit- 
able for home or market. 
Seckel. Very vigorous and productive. Fruits 
reddish-brown of medium size. One of the best 
all purpose pears. 
PLUM AND NECTARINE. 
The Plum in large variety thrives over a wide 
’ range of soils and climates, and should be gen- 
erally planted. No home orchard is complete 
without several trees of choice varieties to give 
fresh fruit for eating as well as an abundance for 
jams, jellies, preserves, etc., and there is always a 
market for choice Plums. 
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Varieties: 
Abundance. Best known Japanese variety. 
Adapted to a wide range of soils. Excellent in 
home orchard. Fruit dark mottled red. Very sweet 
and juicy. 
Burbank. Trees not so vigorous as Abundance, 
but fruits keep better and ship in good condition 
when picked a few days before entirely ripe. 
Fruits dark yellow, mottled red. Flesh yellow, 
firm and tender. 
Red June. Trees large and productive and re- 
markably free from disease. Color red with small 
russet dots. Flesh yellow, meaty and sweet, exo, 
cept near the seed. Excellent variety. 
Shropshire. Best known damson. Very vigor- 
ous, hardy and productive, often overladen with 
fruit. Color blue-black. Flesh golden yellow. 
Good variety if you are planting one tree or one 
thousand trees. 
Wickson. One of the largest plums. Fruit red 
over yellow, flesh of amber yellow which is juicy, 
slightly coarse, firm and sweet. A very showy va- 
riety. 
Nectarine. (Sure Crop.) Delicious for éating. 
The melting, juicy texture of the nectarine and 
its delicious flavor furnishes one of the most de- 
lightful fruits for eating during the summer. 
Plant a few of these in your home orchard this 
year, Very vigorous and productive, 
