
We carry a very fine assortment of the improved new Plums. 
These wonderful Plums have been developed during the past 
thirty years by the plant breeders at the Minnesota and South 
Dakota Fruit Breeding Farms. These Plums are the best that 
have been developed up to date. It is very fortunate 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 orchards 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 9 dif- 
ferent varieties and we would advise buyers if they purchase 
8 to 10 trees, to take one of a kind, as the varieties are dis- 
tinctly 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 
Plant Our New Hardy Plums and Grow the Finest 
A PERFECT PLUM ORCHARD | ; 
Every farm family and every city family with chil- 
dren, whose garden can spare the room, should plant 
our complete Family Plum Orchard. j 
For those having space for not more than six trees, 
planted 12 feet apart, leave the selection to us and we 
will pick six nice Plum trees in six different varieties 
that are most suitable to your location and climate, 
all labeled and true to name. F 
6 No. 1 Plum trees in a 4- to 6-ft. size for $9.50. 
If you have room for a full orchard, we will select 
all different. 
12 No. 1 Plum trees in a 4- to 6-ft. size for $18.00. 
We know pretty well which Plums do best in differ- 
ent parts of the country. For instance, the Fiebing does 
best in‘the far north, while the Toka does best farther 
south. 
one another or they will not bear. 
Splendid 
9 Distinct Varieties, Every One an A-I| Plum 
EVERY ONE DIFFERS FROM THE OTHERS 
Prices for all Plums except Toka, 4 to 6 ft. size, $1.50 each. 
FIEBING. Our Fiebing Plums have now stood in our orchard eight 
years. For six years they have given us a big crop of fine Plums. 
One of the largest first-class Plums we ever grew. 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. 
PIPESTONE. (Minnesota No. 218.) See color illustration on page 53.) 
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 Minne- 
sota. We measured 3 plums side by side and they covered 6!/ inches. 
UNDERWOOD. The earliest of the large new Plums. 
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 53.) 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 11/4 to 134 inches. Flesh firm, 
richly colored, meaty, and the flavor is simply splendid. We discov- 
ered this Plum fruiting in a big Plum collection in a nearby orchard 
and were told it was probably a new seedling. But we have since 
learned that it is undoubtedly Tokata, one of Prof. Hansen’s hybrids. 
A DeSoto-Prunus Simoni cross, and this spring of 1947 we still say 
it is the finest Plum we ever tasted and we still call it Splendid. 
. 
TERRY. A very large pure American Plum that will grow and do well 
in the most trying places. A late heavy and annual bearing Plum, 
large, yellow underground and heavily over-covered with bright red. 
Flesh rich golden yellow, medium firm and tasty. Should be planted 
as a fertilizer with the other varieties. 
“ TOKA. (Apricot-Plum cross.) This is a flat, medium size 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 ornamental 
tree, the most beautiful of all Plum trees. The quality of the fruit is 
of the highest. Toka is a sister cross with our Splendid. A Prunus 
Simoni-DeSoto seedling and carries the same Apricot-Plum flavor and 
aroma that that Plum does. We can supply Toka in one-year-old 
selected 3-4 ft. trees only. 
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 attractive red, firm, juicy flesh, 
very small pit, freestone. Splendid quality. (See color illustration, 
page 53.) 
NATIVE MINNESOTA GROWN AMERICANA 
PLUMS 
Stocks of the Improved Hardy Plums have been very limited for the 
past several years because of scarcity of labor and prices have necessarily 
been high. 
To offset the higher prices for named varieties, we have grown large 
stocks of fine native Americana Plums from seed selected from the native 
Plums of this-section of the country. 
It was from the native Plum trees that our parents gathered fruit that 
gave us, as children, so much pleasure in eating raw and which, when 
SUPERIOR. (See color illustration, page 53.) This we name one of 
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. A Plum entirely differ- 
ent in looks and flavor from all the others listed here. 
V TECUMSEH. A fine extra large Plum of splendid quality, another of 
Prof. Hansen’s originations. It was first brought out in 1918 and 
has had a thorough testing out. It has proved most satisfactory 
throughout the middle west and now a good deal is beginning to 
be heard of it. It is in great demand. It is a Surprise-Shiro cross 
and you will be pleased with it. 
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cooked, made those wonderful jams, jellies, and pies we older ones still 
remember so well. 
Strong, 5-6 ft. trees, each $1.00; 5 for $4.00; 10 for $7.00 
° 
Note: There is nothing that will fertilize or pollenize the improved 
Plum as these Americana Plums. If you order Improved Plums or 
Plum-Cherry Hybrids, we will include one of these native trees free 
with all orders calling for from 1 to 5 trees or we will send 2 trees 
free with orders calling for 6 or more trees. Remember you must 
ask for these free fertilizers when you order. 

$1.25 each 

¢ 
