NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



1885 "Burbank" plum, "Satsuma" plum, 

 imported from Japan with numerous others; 

 improved, and introduced. 



1893 First Japanese- American hybrid plum 

 "Gold"; introduced. 



1893 "Splendor" prune; introduced. 



1893 "Wickson" plum; introduced. 



1893 "Delaware" hybrid plum, "Juicy" 

 plum, "October Purple" plum; introduced. 



1893 "Hale" plum; introduced. 



1894 "Giant" prune; introduced. 

 1894 "Doris" plum; introduced. 



1898 "America," "Chalco" and "Apple" 

 plums; introduced. 



1899 "Climax," "Sultan," "Bartlett" and 

 "Shiro" plums; introduced, 



1899 "Sugar" prune; introduced. 



1901 "First" and " Combination " plums ; 

 introduced. 



1901 Many stoneless prunes; originated. 



This does not by any means include all the 

 plums and prunes Mr. Burbank has produced 

 which have shown desirable qualities, but 

 only such ones as have shown unusual fitness 

 to live. Hundreds of thousands of others are 

 now under test. It would be idle to attempt a 



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