. Catalogue, fruits grown for market and plants for sale. Nursery stock New Jersey Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Satsuma. JAPANESE PLUMS. WICKSON. Luther Burbank, the originator of this, as well as of many other valuable fruits, con- siders this the best of all cross-bred Plums, and offered the original tree for $2,500, which evidenced his estimate of it. Fruit large, obconieal, dark crimson-purple; flesh very firm, yellow, juicy, sub- acid, highly flavored ; pit small ; clingstone
. Catalogue, fruits grown for market and plants for sale. Nursery stock New Jersey Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seedlings Catalogs; Nut trees Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Satsuma. JAPANESE PLUMS. WICKSON. Luther Burbank, the originator of this, as well as of many other valuable fruits, con- siders this the best of all cross-bred Plums, and offered the original tree for $2,500, which evidenced his estimate of it. Fruit large, obconieal, dark crimson-purple; flesh very firm, yellow, juicy, sub- acid, highly flavored ; pit small ; clingstone ; quality best. An excellent keeper. Ripens after Burbank, and is a good-keeping Plum. ABUNDANCE. In tree and fruit unlike any other Plum. In growth it is so strong and hand- some as to render it worthy of being planted as an ornamental tree, equaling in thrift and beauty the Kiefferpear, which it even excels in early and pro- fuse bearing. Its propensity to early bearing is such that every year, in the nursery row, the branches are bent with such a weight of fruit that they sometimes break. The curculio has no effect upon it, the eggs failing to hatch and produce the destructive grub, the same as with Spaulding. The FRUIT is very large, showy and beautiful. Amber, turning to a rich, bright cherry color, with a decided white bloom and high perfume. Season early August. Stone small, parting readily from the flesh. JUICY. (Burbank's.) Claimed by the intro- ducer to be "Burbank's greatest production. The grandest Plum in existence, most beautiful, Bui bank. most luscious, best bearer, and best ; A cross between Botan and Robinson. Fruit the size of the former, three times larger than the latter, and of perfect shape. Skin thin and transparent, light yellow underlaid with scarlet. It has a deli- cious sweetness, mingled with a sprightly acid and a high, melting Plum flavor. The tree is a hardy, rank, luxuriant grower, though of dwarfish habit. It begins to bear whe
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