. The Burbank seed book / Luther Burbank Nursery Catalogue. Nkw Creations in Fruits and Fi^owers. 21. Cross-bred Plum "; (Life Size.) Cross-bred Plum. ** ; W^cV'^^^ ^ Kelsey ^ Burbank. Among the many thousand Japan Plums which I have fruited, this one, so far, stands preeminent in its rare combination of good qualities. The tree grows in vase form, sturdy and upright, yet as gracefully branch- ing as could be desired, and is productive almost to a fault. The fruit, which is well shown in the photo-engraving, is evenly distributed all over the tree
. The Burbank seed book / Luther Burbank Nursery Catalogue. Nkw Creations in Fruits and Fi^owers. 21. Cross-bred Plum "; (Life Size.) Cross-bred Plum. ** ; W^cV'^^^ ^ Kelsey ^ Burbank. Among the many thousand Japan Plums which I have fruited, this one, so far, stands preeminent in its rare combination of good qualities. The tree grows in vase form, sturdy and upright, yet as gracefully branch- ing as could be desired, and is productive almost to a fault. The fruit, which is well shown in the photo-engraving, is evenly distributed all over the tree, and from the time it is half grown until a few days before ripening is of a pearly white color, but all at once soft pink shadings creep over it, and in a few days it has changed to a glowing carmine with a heavy white bloom ; the stone is very small and the flesh is of fine texture, firm, sugary and delicious, and will keep two weeks or more after ripening, or can be picked when hard and white and will color and ripen almost as well as if left on the tree. Stock on hand: Original tree, six good-sized young trees and fifty grafts. Price, for stock and control, $2,000. Hybrid Plums.—"Mr. Luther Burbank, of Santa Rosa, Cal., sends specimens of Hybrid Plums, which are certainly remarkable in this—that they came in a small box by mail during the torrid weather of the early part of August, wrapped simply in cotton batting, and were as sound and fresh as if just taken from the tree. Certainly they are, in the language of the markets, admirable carriers. "They are cross-bred Japan Plums. Though the first year of bearing, and therefore smaller than they will be next year, according to usual experience, they are six inches in circumference. One of them looks just like a very large Reine Claude de Bavay—the finest of all the green gages. The other is a dark purple, and of a piquant, agreeable flavor peculiarly its own. Another, the 'Perfection,' is superior to most of t
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