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stand severe frost. And the way in which it produces 

 may be judged from figure 59. 



A cross between the plum and the apricot produced 

 the plumcot, a new and delicious fruit. 



FIG. 60. The lower row shows the stoneless plum ; the one in the middle 

 has a normal seed without any stone ; the one at the left has neither seed 

 nor stone. The upper row shows the parents: at the left, prunier sans 

 noyau; at the right, French prune. 



A cross between the French prune and a small and 

 worthless plum with a stone only partly covering the 

 kernel gave the stoneless plum and prune shown in 

 figure 60. In the center is no stone, but only a space 

 filled with jelly containing a seed. It would be possible 



