Stark fruit book (1901) (20374552518)

Title: Stark fruit book
Identifier: CAT31285337 (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Stark Bro's Nurseries & Orchards Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Missouri Louisiana Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowering shrubs Catalogs
Publisher: (Louisiana, Mo. : Stark Bro's. )
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library



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Our UnshakaM. belief is that Red lie's sun is not \ ( t in its zenith. F.ut a new cross ' exceptional pro 111 is e rising lii^li in the plum firmament is ^\'i(â ks(>n, and it may be we are to luive tlie exquis- ite (lelif^htof wel- coiniiiK^ another fjeiuiiiiely great Jap to the loving wojld's horticul- tural lieart.-C.M.S. Ihe One Thing tliat most drew us toward Jap plums was that tliey were, here, ))ructically cur- culio i)roof. All other plums tried here the last 25 years were not. True, we might have jarred; but the first object or the exx)erimcnt3 has been to find curculio proof l)luiTis,âand im- proved varieties of other fruits, better than old kinds.âRural N.-Y. '"Juicy.-Strong grower, very hardy, not a young bear- er. J Nearly as large as Abundance; fair quality. F. Have fruited Juicy, so far am disappointed. Judge S. Miller, of your state, writes me that your (iold is of ex- cellent quality.âDr. A. B. Dennis, linn Co., la., feb. 3. '98. Another of Burbaiik's raisings. Well namedâfull of juice, so much so as to surprise one; medium quality.âAm. Gardening, Od., '97. (More glowingly described under "Life is Real," front page.) Lincoln.-Dull mottled red; flesh meaty, sweet, with- out any decided flavor; skin somewhat puckery. I AM the OIUGINAL introducer of Lincoln ; have lost more money on it than any other man. . . E. B. Good, Pa., in R. N.-Y. LOMBARD.-The darling of our grandfathers, which age has not withered. Medium, large if thinned; violet red; juicy, pleasant. Vigorous, well adapted to light soil; inclined to overbear, needs thinning; usually ripe latter half of Aug, fm, Lo.MBARD, 7 years set, Stark trees, have borne finely. I want more of same kind.âW. f. Ball, Stafford Co., Kan. III. Hort. Soc: Am growing iiliims for ytrolit. Lombard is ray money maker; ^\â ild (loose, (ierman Prune, C'oe Gol. Drop, Imp'lGage, Damson, are among my most I)rofitable. Lombard and Uerman rrunc in most de- mand. Last year over 1000 visitors to my orchard, and Lombard a favorite.âB. J. Wakeman, Iroquois Co., III. i/MARUXKA (E'y Sweetheart ).-The only valuable Russian plum fruited in Stark Denver orchards; earliest of the Eup. type, large, fine; slow grower, fm. °Maru.-Winter kills; poor compared with others; coarse, acid, with hard lumps; good canned. M, 'Milton.-Good early market native; ripe July 1, before Wild Goose; large, red; productive. M. NC. Some larger than ^Vild Cioose, heavier bearer here, hangs better, far better shipper, ripens 8 or 10 days earlier; quality rather poor. Valued for its extreme beauty, good size and earliness.âDr. A. B. Dennis, Linn Co., la. la. Hort. Soc, 1S9S: For market, near Des Moines, would plant Milton, July 10; Wilder, July 20; Wolf, Aug. 25; AVyant, Sept. 1. . . Plant in rows north and south, rows 18 ft. apart, trees 12 ft. ai)art in row.âBerryhill & Shaul, la. Md. Hort. Soc, '98: J. W. Kerr has in orchard over 7000 plums. Asked best natives, of Wild Goose type, he named Milton, Chas. Downing, Wliitaker, W^ild Goose. MONARCH.-Very large, purplish; freestone, «good(as Lombard.)) Good bearer; little after Grand Duke, M. MOORE ARCTIC.-Small, nearly round, fair flavor; great cropper in Stark Denver orchard, no value here. Ripens with Diamond, and after Tragedy, Field, Bradshawâall larger, finer plums by far. M. Quite hardy, but foliage droi)S badly, hence often win- terkills; abundant bearer. Small to medium, roundish, purplish-black; rather coarse, juicy, sweet, j)leasant. Has little to recommend it.âProf. L. R. Taft, Mich. Exp. St'n. Has no valuable commercial qualities here; l)elow the average. Have abandoned its cultute.âS. D. Willard, N. Y. A fine, vigorous tree bore 12gallons in 'â¢)(;, 10 gals, in '97. Larger than Lombard, longer, dark blue, perfect free- stone; fine canned,âcalled Moore xVrctic. My friend, B. O. Curtis, says M. A. is worthless here, and I see you do not commend it. But this plum (large German Prune ) is profitable ; it and Lomlwrd the only fine kinds in l)ear- inghere; they do bear, fruit large and good. Wild Cioose, too ))Oor, Damson too small. Kocky Mt. cherry I fear Avorthless. , . I like your way of giving faults, also. I might have saved money on Idulio ))ear, Winelx-rry, etc., had I taken your advice.-David Emericlc, EdgarCo., III., Feb. 1,'98. "ORIENT (Bailey, Ctiabot, Chase; rec'd by us as Red Nagateâa synonym of Red June, also; identical with Chabot as grown here and eastward; a cling, hence is not the TRUE thabot, introduced by Mr. Burbank, who says: «A perfect FREESTONE, and loses less in drying than any other Jap))).-However intertangled its names, the plum itself is one of our «Big 6)); one of the « Best 4)) with Prof. Baileyâthe highest author- ity on Jap plums. Ripens 1 to 2 weeks after Burbank, averages larger, better, but above all, surer: Gave us a good J crop in '93 and again in '95, when both Burbank and Abundance were killed, fm. NCS. Cornell Exp. St'n, 'IHl: Size of Burbank, orange, deeply overlaid with clien-v nnl;! .sweet, excellent cling, later, 'l'/: Certainly deserves "nil said for it. Productive, handsome, very firm. . . Still adhere to my list of IS'.):),âRed June, Abundance,' Burbank, Orient (Chase,etc.) . . Wickson, should rise to tirst rank.âProf L H Bailey I Mich. Exp. St'n: Beautiful, productive, excellent; larger and of higl'ier (lualitvl than most others of its cla.ss tested here. Last of Augi-L L lyon, 1897. ' Heavy Bearer, doesn't split, one of the best; succeeds admirably here; verv desirable for market.âJ W Kerr Md HouGHT r2(X) Stark trees 2 yrs. ago: you sent 2 complimentary Orient trees, Now loaded with fruit; our finest plums for this climate.â0. R. Fisher, Pueblo Co., Colo., Sept., 1897. Bi:.arino heavy crop, am delighted.âW. E. Kaye, Jeff. Co., Ky. ^ou sent I free) :^ yrs. ago. an Orient: now full of fruit; resembles Burbanlc. better.âI. Meyer. Hot Springs Co., Ark.,'Ort.,'97 ()Rii:.s r got oi you perfectly hardy; like its l)ehavior very much.âDr. A. B. Dennis, la. A sight to beiiold.âE. U. Weiscndanger, Tex. ^Mormand (Georgeson; Mikado, of some,âAbundance was long since called Mikado) Large, yellow, good; rots badly.
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