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orange-yellow, mostly rather thinly overlaid with red and show- 

 ing many yellow dots, often more or less marbled, in the sun be- 

 coming rather dense red ; flesh firm and meaty, yellow, rich and 

 sugary, cling. Strongly resembles Abundance both in fruit and 

 tree, but the fruit averages larger and of better quality, rather 

 handsomer in its varied markings, and is from two to four weeks 

 later. Exceedingly productive. One of the best of the Japans. 



Imported by I,uther Burbank, Santa Rosa, California, late in 

 1885, and named for him by H. E- Van Deman. See Rept. Dept. 

 Agr. 1891, p. 392, where it is also given a good colored plate. 

 Generally introduced in 1890. The accompanying illustration 

 shows the prevailing form of the Burbank, half-size. 



7. Burba7ik No. i . — Said to resemble Berckmans. I do not 

 know it. 



Burbank. Half size. 



8. Burbank No. 2. — Described as of medium size, regular and 

 globular in shape, yellow overspread with purplish carmine, with 

 a yellow very juicy flesh which is fine-grained and of good qual- 

 ity ; pit nearly free. Very early. This variety is not reported 

 in any recent tests. 



Burbank No. 3 : see Hale. 

 Burbank No. 4 : see Heikes. 



9. Chabot. — Medium to large, oblong-conical ; pink-red in color 

 with many very fine gold dots ; flesh yellow and juicy, rather acid, 

 of good quality, cling; medium to late in season ; very productive. 



Ripe in this latitude early in September. 



Imported from Japan by Mr. Chabot, of Berkele5^ California, 

 but introduced to the trade by Luther Burbank in 1886. " Espec- 

 ially valuable for drying." — Burbank. 



10. Delaware. — Roundish conical, medium in size, purplish 

 bronze in color with a white bloom ; flesh wine-color, juicy, com- 



