| 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 eating fresh, j 
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 be 
sure to plant a plum tree in your back yard. 
Prunes are plums with a higher than average 
sugar content which allows them to dry without 
spoiling at the pit. 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 is rather flat, has a deep suture and maroon- 
red skin. 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 distine- 
tive flavor. 
Kelsey (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. 
Late Santa Rosa (Jap.) Late July-August 
Identical in color and shape to regular 
Tragedy (European) Mid-July 
Earliest of the European plums. Large, 
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. 
dark blue, oval in shape and has very 
sweet yellowish-green flesh. 
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 
