Scarff’s Delicious Plums 
Price all Plum Trees unless otherwise } Select 5-6 ft. trees, $1.75 each; 10 rate $1.50; 
25 rate $1.25. 
noted, by express not prepaid. 
There is a greater interest in plums now than STANLEY PLUMS — 
for many years and the reason is because there Best of 75 varieties 
are so many new high quality varieties now tested at Colorado Ex- 
available. There is no finer fruit to eat when periment Station. 
picked dead ripe from the tree, and the housewife Hardier, heavier 
knows a hundred ways to cook them—from plum yielding at early age. 
pudding down to preserves and jellies. 
PLANT PLUM TREES. !N.YouR LAWN or : 
HOME ORCHARD : 
1. They are easy to transplant. 
2. The trees come into bearing in 3 to 4 years and are 
hardy dependable producers. 
3. The Plum is a good small tree for the back yard. Blos- 
soms are very ornamental and showy in very early spring. 
A. The fruits are delicious for eating fresh, preserves, can- 
ning and many other culinary uses. 
5. Many varieties such as Damson, Bradshaw and Stanley 
may be grown with little special attention and spraying— 
although all fruits respond to the best care possible. 
\Bradshaw weny ode fruit; dark red; flesh inclined to 
yellowish-green. 
S Everyone is familiar with the old-fashioned 
Damson Damson plums and there is always a good de- 
\. mand for them. 
N . Best of the Green Gage type. Very large, 
Reine Claude greenish; fine flavor. 
“Italian Prune spe han aL Mealy, Pas ce 
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pe bloom; flesh firm and pleasant, separating from the 
stone. 
: Comes into bearing very early. It is a heavy 
\ Stanley producer, adapted to a wide range of soils and 
has been favorably reported from all parts of America. It is 
a fine blue plum of medium size and high quality. Stanley is 
now rated at the top of the list of Commercial Plums for 
Ohio and other Central States. 
BEST FRUITS FOR FREEZING 
Strawberries—Red Rich, Premier, Sparkle. 
Blueberries—Dixi, Concord, Rancocas. 
Red Raspberries—Willamette, September, Latham. 
Black Raspberry—Bristol, Morrison. 
Purple Raspberry—Sodus, Marion. 
Cherries—Montmorency, Windsor (Sweet). 
Peaches—Red Haven, Hale Haven, Prairie Dawn. 
Factors Influencing the Early 
Bearing of Fruit Trees 
1. Plant well-grown trees from a reputable nurseryman. 
2. Avoid planting in poorly-drained soils. No fruit trees will 
tolerate ‘““‘Wet Feet.” Usually upland clay, sand or gravely 
nee are preferable to the so-called black and lowland types of 
soil. 
3. Set out varieties adapted to your section of the country. In 
most cases we have indicated the limitation of certain varieties 
which are not widely adapted. 
4. Use an abundance of peat moss mixed with the soil when 
planting in well-drained soils. 
5. Select varieties which normally come into bearing at an 
early age such as Wealthy Apples, Hale Haven Peaches, Stanley 
Plums, and Oka Cherries, etc. 
6. Most fruit trees require several varieties planted together 
for proper pollenization, This will insure heavier fruiting. 
7. For the first three or four years stimulate tree growth as 
much as possible with good cultural methods and the use of 
nitrogen fertilizers in very early Spring (cease cultivation, etc., 
in late July so trees will mature growth well before winter.) 
8. At this stage it may be well to slow up the tree growth for 
a few years in order to throw it into fruit production. This re- 
stricted growth is the reason dwarf fruit trees come into 
bearing before the standard kinds. 
9. Keep your trees healthy with timely sprays. 
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