Monitor 
McKay’s luscious Plums have 
kept pace with the remarkable 
developments that have marked 
the recent introductions of new 
Plums for the Northwest. We 
carry a very fine assortment of 
these new improved Plums. We 
believe them to be the best that 
have been developed to date. You 
can now grow Plums just as large, fine looking and delicious as the 
shipped-in California Plums. McKay’s luscious Plums are easily grown. 
For best results they should be sprayed at least twice a season. They 
should be planted 5 to iO trees in a cluster, of several different 
varieties. The varieties are all distinct in flavor and differ in time of 
ripening. Thus you spread the enjoyment of eating and canning Plums 
over a long period of time. 
“MONITOR. A Minnesota Experiment Station develop- 
ment. Large round fruit, 144 to 134 inches in diam- 
eter. Firm yellow flesh covered by a dull bronze-red 
skin, Clingstone. Very good quality. Tree is vigorous 
and productive. Hardy as far north as the Twin 
Cities. Very promising as a market Plum. 
~PIPESTONE. A delicious new Plum from the Min- 
nesota Fruit Breeding Farm. It is a large red Plum, 
nearly as big as Superior. Ripens midseason, usually 
about the 2nd week in August. The flesh is solid, 
juicy and sweet. It is a clingstone. It is particularly 
good for canning. The tree is medium productive and 
hardy throughout Wisconsin. 
™ KAHINTA. Large fruit 1144 to 2 inches in 
™ EMBER. A 
diameter; color red; yellow firm flesh, 
with a small pit. Delicious flavor. A good 
fruiter. A South Dakota origination. 
large yellow Plum, blushed 
with red, ripening later than other Plums. 
They hang well to the tree after ripening 
and keep for 2 or 3 weeks after harvest. 
Like most of the other good Plums that 
we have for Wisconsin, this variety was 
developed at the Minnesota Fruit Breed- 
ing farm, where it was on trial for over 
20 years. The tree is vigorous, broadly 
spreading, and very productive. The fruit 
is oval, medium to large, with a strong 
adherent stem. Flesh is rich yellow, firm, 
meaty, tender and juicy. Flavor is sweet 
and pleasant. Quality ‘‘good to very 
good.’’ Medium sized clingstone. It is 
an exceptionally fine canning and preserv- 
ing Plum, with a fine skin, cooking with 
no trace of bitterness from the skin left 
in the sauce. Ripens late, through Sep- 
tember, often hanging as late as October. 
See picture below. 
Ember 
~~ MOUNT ROYAL. A blue Plum that was adopted from Canada. 
Probably the most promising blue Plum that we have ever 
had. The fruit is of a beautiful blue color, of good quality, 
and freestone. It is especially good for preserving and jam. 
The trees are very productive and apparently self-fertile. 
PLANT PLUM TREES IN 
GROUPS OR CLUSTERS 
Plums fruit the best when sev- 
eral varieties are planted in a 
group. Being cross fertilized, the 
different trees pollenize each 
other, and so set more and de- 
velop better fruit. We also grow 
a special pollenization tree, which 
has proven to be a good pollenizer 
for other varieties. This variety 
should be planted in the middle 
of this cluster. 
Mount Royat 
PRUNE- PLUMS 
Ripens about August 20th. 
~SWISCONSIN PRUNE. Introduced by the University of Wis- 
consin in whose orchard it had done exceedingly well for 
over 10 years. The fruit is of medium size. Green flesh, 
covered with a dark blue skin. Freestone. The flavor is ex- 
cellent. Heavy cropper. Recommended for southern Wisconsin 
where it is satisfactory for either home use or for commer’ 
cial growing. 
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Underwood 
\ UNDERWOOD. The 
earliest Plum on our 
list. Medium sized 
Plums of about 1144 
Fruit red 
with juicy yellow 
meat, of good qual- 
ity. Small clingstone pit. Fruit hangs well and ripens 
over a period of 2 weeks, from about August Ist to 
15th. One of the strongest growing trees on our 
Plum list. An annual bearer. Can be planted reason- 
ably far North. See picture above. 
‘\\ TOKA. ,A cross between the American Plum and the 
fragrant Apricot of China. One of the finest flavored 
Plums. The tree is very strong and vigorous. Bears 
early. The fruit is medium sized, dark red in color, 
very handsome, firm, and a good shipper. 
‘RED GLOW. Another new introduction from the Min- 
nesota Fruit Breeding Farm. It is a large and firm 
Plum and of very good quality. Clingstone. 
“ WANETA. A medium to large sized 
Plum developed by Prof. Hansen of the 
South Dakota Experiment Station. A 
red Plum, 114 to 134 inches in diam- 
eter, of delicious flavor and quality. 
Prolific bearer. 
\ 
SUPERIOR. We think this is the best 
Plum developed by the Minnesota Ex- 
periment Station. Fruit is of large size, 
running to 2 inches in diameter. Flesh 
is yellow, firm, meaty and of the finest 
quality. It can be peeled like a Peach. 
Clingstone. Ripens over a long period 
of time, which makes it desirable for 
either home use or market. An annual 
and prolific bearer and a long lived 
tree. It has also shown itself a good 
pollenizer for several of the other va- 
rieties. It is worthy of its name— 
Superior. See picture below. 
Superior gs 
