PLUMS AND PRUNES 



occasionally an ill-assorted, rusty, unmarket- 

 able product. And, revolutionary as it may at 

 first thought appear, there is no good reason 

 for permanently producing poor fruit; for in 

 time new trees will be produced which will 

 produce good fruit with the utmost regularity 

 and precision. Of course, there never can be 

 one variety which will be the best for all 

 purposes, but it is perfectly possible to produce 

 varieties which, for their own special use, can 

 be relied upon to yield full crops of the best 

 fruits without fail; all this must be done by 

 careful selection and breeding. 



"It has been said that it were better for a 

 man that a millstone be hung around his neck 

 and that he be cast into the sea than that he 

 should introduce a fruit or flower which should 

 prove to be of no value. In the introduction 

 of a fruit or flower, no one who has not been 

 through the experience can fully appreciate 

 the sense of responsibility, and no one can 

 more deeply lament a failure than the 

 introducer." 



It will be of interest to note here some of 

 the more prominent among the plums and 

 prunes which Mi. Burbank has produced: 



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