. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines and plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Baltimore Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Baltimore and Richmond Nurseries, Baltimore, Md. 3 VARIETIES and DESCRIPTIONS The varieties offered below have been grown and tested by us for several years, and have proved to be all that is claimed for them. They succeed in all sections, and we recommend them to all fruit growers, ABUNDANCE (Same as Botan). We consider this early sort as of
. Descriptive catalogue of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, vines and plants. Nurseries (Horticulture) Maryland Baltimore Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. Baltimore and Richmond Nurseries, Baltimore, Md. 3 VARIETIES and DESCRIPTIONS The varieties offered below have been grown and tested by us for several years, and have proved to be all that is claimed for them. They succeed in all sections, and we recommend them to all fruit growers, ABUNDANCE (Same as Botan). We consider this early sort as of great value either for the family garden or the commercial orchard, and would advise every one who has any land to set at least a few trees. Keep them cultivated, moderately enriched and the new growth cut back each year, and in a few years you will be rewarded with an abundance of Plums. Lemon-yellow ground, nearly overspread with cherry, with heavy bloom ; flesh yellow, very juicy ; sub- acid, with apricot flavor; highly perfumed ; stone small; the tree is exceedingly hardy, and bears regularly ; nearly curculio-proof ; early and heavy bearer ; the best of its class. First of August. BUR BANK. A variety now well known in all the Plum regions of the United States. Unsurpassed for beauty and productiveness, as well as great hardiness of tree, with a foliage so perfect as to contribute in an essential degree to its health. Fruit large, oval, often with a slight neck; skin reddish purple ; flesh yellow, rather coarse, but juicy and good ; its beauty as a market variety is un- surpassed. The fruit is roundish conical, tapering to a blunt point opposite the stem ; stem stout, % inch long; suture almost wanting ; surface smooth, with but little bloom ; scattering dots and streaks of russet sometimes apparent ; dots numerous, brown and very small; color reddish purple over rich yellow, which often shows through in patches ; skin of medium thickness, tender and peels from the flesh wh
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