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Plant Our New Hardy Plums and Grow the Finest 
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 California 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 so as 
to fertilize one another or they will not bear. 


Splendid 
Superior 
I! 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 54.) This we name one of 
trial of over twenty years. The Ember is the latest of our entire list. 
It has exceptionally fine canning and preserving qualities, having a 
very fine skin after being cooked, with no trace 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. 
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 54). 
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. 
PIPESTONE. (Minnesota No. 218.) (See color illustration on page 
55.) A new Plum recently sent out from the Minnesota Station 
under number. Fruit round with a point similar to a Peach. A very 
juicy Plum of very fine eating quality. A deep all-over-pink in color 
and of the greatest size. Largest Plum we have ever grown here in 
Minnesota. Last season we measured three plums side by side and 
they covered 61/4 inches. 
RED COAT. (Minnesota No. 17.) Everyone likes a freestone Plum. 
But few freestones have the good flavor that a real Plum should have. 
The Minnesota Station has worked hard for a good one and we be- 
lieve we have it in this nice flavored perfectly free red Plum. 
SPLENDID. (See color illustration, page 54.) 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 11/7 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. 
UNDERWOOD. (Minnesota No. 91.) The earliest of the large new 
Plums. Ripens from about August Ist to 15th and attains a size of 
134 inches. Limbs, well and heavily shouldered, enable it to carry 
its great loads without injury to the tree. In favored locations, we 
do not hesitate to advise its planting far north. Fruit is a very at- 
tractive red, firm, juicy flesh, very small pit, freestone. Splendid 
quality. Hangs well to the tree and ripens over a period of 2 weeks. 
An annual bearer. (Color illustration, page 54.) 
WINONA. [his Plum was one of the first sent out by the Minnesota 
Station, and we have often wondered why we did not hear more of 
it. We planted ten of these trees into our first orchard of Minnesota 
Station Plums and believe it is the longest lived of the lot. It becomes 
an immense spreading tree bearing annually tremendous crops of 
large round green Plums with a deep purple cheek. During the past 
two years we have had many calls for the Winona so we are offering 
it again. 
PRICES FOR ALL PLUMS ON THIS PAGE 
Each Any 5 Any 10 
AGtOr OVINE ool. oh $0.80 $3.75 $6.50 
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