. Descriptive catalogue of deciduous fruit trees, citrus trees, olive trees, and grape vines : ornamental trees, shrubs and roses. Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. Fancher Creek Nurseries 19 PRUNES. Prune culture is one of the industries of the state; our prunes are sweeter than the imported and are in every respect equal to them, and today the United States is exporting prunes particularly the larger sizes, to Europe. The river bottom lands in the San Joaquin valley
. Descriptive catalogue of deciduous fruit trees, citrus trees, olive trees, and grape vines : ornamental trees, shrubs and roses. Nursery stock California Fresno Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs. Fancher Creek Nurseries 19 PRUNES. Prune culture is one of the industries of the state; our prunes are sweeter than the imported and are in every respect equal to them, and today the United States is exporting prunes particularly the larger sizes, to Europe. The river bottom lands in the San Joaquin valley seem to be admirably adapted to the successful growing of prunes. NEW PRUNES. Imperial Epineuse—{Imperial.) The tree is a strong, thrifty, sturdy grower, and in habit very closely resembles the French Prune. The fruit is very large, and of uni- form size on the tree, of a violet purple color, with dark blue bloom; fiesh greenish yellow, and exceedingly sweet; pit small. It ripens earlier than the French Prune, and when dried is quite dark, and is in every respect fully equal if not superior to the French Prune in flavor and sweetness, and in size it is far ahead of it, the fruit when graded averaging 20 to 35 to the pound. Its large size, firmness and rich and delicious sweetness, render it also one of the most valuable of dessert prune, and when better known it will undoubtedly be as extensively planted for market pur- poses as for FRENCH PRUNE IMPERIAL PRUNES Sugar—This new creation of Burbank's has probably attracted more attention among horticulturists than any other prune of recent introduction. It possesses all the good qualities of the French, with its bad points entirely absent. The fruit runs very even in size and is said by the originator to grow from three to four times as large as the French in Santa Rosa. It ripens fully a month earlier than the French prune and this fact alone makes it a valuable acquisition, but add to this its high per centage of s
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