CHERRIES 
Bing. Large heart-shaped sweet fruits. Glossy skin. Firm flesh, 
almost black. Fine canning variety. June. 
Black Tartarian. Sweet juicy purplish black cherry. Heavy bearing, 
large tree. Pollenizes other sweet cherries. 
English Morello. One of the best home varieties. Small round 
headed tree with dark red fruits, almost black when ripe. 
FIGS 
~Brown Turkey. Large, long rich purplish-brown fig. Strawberry red 
flesh is sweet and juicy. Prune heavily. 
Kadota. All-purpose white fig—drying, pickling or eating fresh. 
Medium pale yellow skin, sweet amber flesh. 
Mission, California Black Fig. Medium size to large long necked 
deep violet-black figs with brownish-red flesh. Prune lightly. Does 
well in all sections. 
NECTARINES 
Goldmine. Juicy white flesh. Large red and yellow fruits of fine 
flavor. Early August. 
Pioneer (Plant Pat. No. 787). Large, highly colored yellow fleshed 
clingstone of excellent eating quality. Outstanding for Southern 
California plantings. July. 
PEACHES (Freestone) 
Babcock. Very popular. Consistent bearer, even after mild win- 
ters. Smooth red cheeks and delicious white flesh. June. 
Elberta. Oval peaches of good size. Yellow with red cheeks. Yel- 
low flesh of excellent flavor. Early July. 
Early Elberta. Large yellow freestone ripening early in June. Like 
the Elberta except for early ripening. 
J. H. Hale. Popular large round peach. Fruit very beautiful. Flesh 
firm, yellow and of fine flavor. Late July. 
Millers Late. Heavy bearing yellow peach of fine quality. November. 
Rio Oso Gem (Plant Pat. No. 84). Similar to J. H. Hale. Large 
crimson fruits with delicious yellow flesh. 
PEACHES (Clingstone) 
Sims Cling. Medium size golden yellow fruits with yellow flesh. 
One of the leading orchard varieties. Late August. 
PEARS 
Bartlett. Summer and winter varieties available. Fine keeping pear. 
Fruits small and sweet. Good eating. 
Beurre de Anjou. Good size russet yellow pear with crimson blush. 
A good eating pear ripening in October. 
Winter Nelis. Small delightfully flavored fruits. Excellent along the 
coast. December. Good bearer and pollenizer. 
PLUMS 
Howard Miracle (Pat. No. 721). Undoubtedly the finest plum 
you can buy, this glorious strain grows to rival a peach in 
size, yet the seed is amazingly small (see illustration) . Firm, 
amber flesh of the most superb flavor. August. $2.00 each. 
Santa Rosa. Popular variety with oval fruits, maroon skin and 
amber flesh veined with crimson. Delicious. Late June. 
Satsuma. Deep blood red fruits in quantity. August. 
Other Varieties Available 
BROWN TURKEY FIG 
PEACH, ELBERTA 
PERSIMMON 
Hachiya. The best and most popular variety. Large cone-shaped, 
bright orange-red fruit with sweet, rich, soft flesh. Puckery only 
when not completely ripe. 
POMEGRANATE 
Wonderful. Atrractive large shrubs with red flowers and attractive 
odd shaped fruits. Easy to grow, doing very well in dry hot places. 
PRUNES 
Standard. Large oval fruits dzlectable in appearance with thzir deep 
purple color and rich blue bloom and tasty, too, when you get into 
that amber flesh, juicy and rich in flavor. Ripens in August. 
WALNUTS 
Payne. One of the hardiest walnuts for California. Popular with 
everyone because the nuts are of high quality and the sturdy trees 
begin to fruit and bear heavy crops while young. 
STANDARD PRUNES 
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