For the Family Orchard in Your Own Backyard 
BARTLETT 
PEAR 
SANTA ROSA PLUM 
PLUMS 
Plums are satisfactory small trees for the home grounds. They bear 
consistent, good crops, make excellent preserves and some kinds 
are delicious to eat fresh. A few varieties are listed here. 
Blue Damson. Small tart purple fruits; amber flesh. Finest variety 
for jams. September. 
Duarte. Fruit heart-shaped and blood-red. Very small pit. Excel- 
lent for shipping and home use. Early July. 
Green Gage. Greenish yellow rounded fruits with rich, sweet, firm 
flesh. A favorite for home canning use. Early July. 
Santa Rosa. Popular variety with oval fruits, maroon skin and amber 
flesh. A favorite for home canning use. Late August. 
Satsuma. Deep blood red fruits in quantity. August. Should have 
pollinizer. 
Wickson. Yellow heart-shaped fruits with red cheeks. Very fine 
quality. Pollinizer. Late August. 
Other varieties available. 
POMEGRANATE 
Wonderful. Attractive large shrub with red flowers and attractive 
odd shaped fruits. Easy to grow, doing very well in dry hot places. 
PRUNES 
French Improved. Large deep purple fruits. The standard drying 
variety. September. 
Sugar Prune. The earliest prune for shipping or canning use. Fruit 
medium to large, oval, dark purple. Flesh sweet and of good quality. 
Excellent pollinizer. Vigorous grower. August. 
PECANS 
$3.50 and up 
Mahan. Vigorous tree producing very large nuts with paper-thin 
shells and richly flavored kernels. The tree bears young, is also 
good for shade. 
Success. Large, soft-shelled nut of good quality, a prolific and self- 
fruiting. Widely planted in the interior valleys. 
QUINCE 
Pineapple. Smooth golden-yellow friut of white flesh with slight 
pineapple flavor. For eating and making jelly. September. 
WALNUTS, ENGLISH 
$3.50 and up 
Black Walnut. Seedling trees of an improved strain available. Nut 
medium size. Adapts itself easily to different climates. $1.50 up. 
Eureka. Large elongated nuts. Very hardy. 
Franquette. The finest walnut for Northern California. Produces 
high quality nuts and makes a beautiful shade tree. 
Payne. High quality. Starts to bear while young. 
For commercial plantings ask for quotations and varieties not listed. 
MAHAN PECAN 
