| Plums- - Prunes 
Plums do well over a very wide range. They 
are planted in practically every county where 
stone fruits are grown. They are used extensively 
for fresh eating, jams, canning, and juices. By 
careful selection, home planters can have fresh 
plums from early Summer until late Fall. If you 
have a sweet tooth and like jams and jellies, do 
not omit a plum tree from your back yard. 
Prunes are Plums, but with a much higher per- 
centage of sugar. Commercially, they are used al- 
most entirely for drying, but are delicious for eat- 
ing fresh and for canning. If you have never 
eaten a delicious tree-ripened prune, you have a 
delightful surprise in store for you. 

Prunus Simonii July 
Fruit has a rather flat appearance with maroon- 
red skin, possessing a deep suture. The yellow 
flesh has an almond-like, astringent flavor. 
Santa Rose (Japanese) Mid-June 
Skin is purplish-crimson in color with lots of 
bloom. Flesh is amber with red veins. California’s 
leading commercial plum. 
SATSUMA PLUM 
Satsuma (Japanese) August 
The fruit has a mottled, purplish-red skin 
with dark blood-red flesh. It is rather 
large, nearly round, and has a distinc- 
tive flavor. 
Keisey (Japanese) Late August 
Fruit is large, heart-shaped with a pointed 
apex. Skin is greenish with a red blush. 
The fruit hangs on the tree well and can 
be picked over a long period. 
Plums 
Beauty (Japanese) Early June 
This is the first plum to ripen. It has 
crimson skin with amber to crimson flesh. 
The fruit is heart-shaped and of good 
flavor. 
Tragedy (European) Mid-July 
Earliest of the European plums. Large, 
dark blue, oval in shape and has a 
Late Santa Rosa (Jap.) Late July-August 
Identical in color and shape to regular 
Becky Smith (Japanese) Mid-July 
Skin is reddish-gold in color with amber 
flesh. Fruit is good sized, roundish, and 
hangs on the tree well. 
Climax (Japanese) Mid-June 
Fruit is large, heart-shaped, cherry-red, 
with sweet, juicy flesh. 
Damson (European) August 
Fruit is small, dark purple, with heavy 
bloom. This dark plum is used extensively 
for making jam and jelly. 
Duarte (Japanese) Mid-July 
Fruit is large, heart-shaped with a red 
skin and deep blood-red flesh. Very sweet 
and of good quality. 
Grand Duke (European) September 
This late plum is very dark purple in 
color, covered with a blue bloom. Flesh 
is very sweet and rich. 
Green Gage (European) July 
Fruit is of medium size with a greenish- 
yellow flesh and skin. 
QUALITY TREES FOR 
HOME ORCHARDS 

Santa Rosa, ripening approximately one 
month later. The fruit hangs on the tree 
well and can be picked over a long period. 
President (European) Early August 
Fruit is large, oval in shape, very dark 
purple in color, good in texture and fla- 
vor. Very attractive and of good quality. 

yellowish-green flesh which is very sweet 
in flavor. 
Wickson (Japanese) Early July 
The fruit is large and heart-shaped with 
yellow skin overlaid with whitish bloom, 
ripens to yellowish-red. Flesh is bright 
yellow, juicy and of excellent flavor. 
PRESIDENT PLUM 
