. C. M. Hobbs & Sons : hardy fruits, ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, vines, roses, perennials, hedge plants. Nurseries Horticulture Catalogs; Evergreens Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Climbing plants Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs. Shipper's Pride Plums. Plums The plum like the pear and other finer fruits, succeeds best in heavy soil with some clay, and being almost entirely free from disease, they can be grown very profitably. Of late years the demand has been growing very rapidly. The finer kinds are excellent dessert fruits of rich and luscious f
. C. M. Hobbs & Sons : hardy fruits, ornamental trees, evergreens, shrubs, vines, roses, perennials, hedge plants. Nurseries Horticulture Catalogs; Evergreens Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Climbing plants Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs. Shipper's Pride Plums. Plums The plum like the pear and other finer fruits, succeeds best in heavy soil with some clay, and being almost entirely free from disease, they can be grown very profitably. Of late years the demand has been growing very rapidly. The finer kinds are excellent dessert fruits of rich and luscious flavor; for cooking and canning they are unsurpassed. For home consumption they should be allowed to remain on the trees until fully ripe, but for shipping they should be gathered a few days earlier. Some of the varieties are inclined to overbear and should be thinned in order to produce perfect fruit. Most all the varieties, especially the native sorts, are extremely hardy and will withstand the most severe weather. European Plums Bradshaw. Very large, dark violet-red; flesh yellowish-green, juicy and pleasant, tree vig- orous, erect and productive. August. German Prune. Medium oval, purplish-blue; rich, juicy and of high flavor; tree vigorous and very productive. September. Imperial Gage (Free). Large, oval, yellowish- green with marbled green stripes, heavy, white bloom; flesh greenish, juicy, melting, rich, best quality; tree upright, vigorous. September. Lombard. Medium, roundish-oval, violet-red, juicy and pleasant; adheres to stone; a valu- able market sort, hardy and adapted to light soils; nearly always produces a crop. Moore's Arctic. Moore's Arctic (Free). Grows in large clus- ters; large, dark purple; flesh very fine; splen- did for preserving and dessert; tree vigorous and prolific; fruit is a long keeper. Sep- tember. Reine Claude (Green Gasre, Free). Small, yel- lowish-green when mature; flesh pale green, melting, luscious and best quality; considered the
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