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When the fruit is fully ripe its deep purple, velvety skin 

 adds new beauty to the tree. The color of the flesh of the 

 Rutland plumcot is a brilliant red. In size its fruit excels 

 its near relative, the plum. 



"Apex" is a later and far superior graduate. In this 

 the tree is somewhat like the plum but the fruit is almost 

 as round as a ball. Its skin is a rosy pink, but the flesh is 

 a bright yellow. Apex is a freestone, while Rutland's 

 sour, juicy meat clings closely to the stone as does that of a 

 cling-stone peach. 



A third to be graduated is the "Triumph." This tree 

 resembles the Rutland, but the fruit is apricotlike and has 

 a purple skin dotted with scarlet. The flesh is a deep 

 crimson. 



The fourth of the plumcot class to receive a diploma is 

 the "Corona." This is as large as most apricots, is golden 

 yellow with pink cheeks, and the flesh is yellow. 



All have distinct and unique flavors a combination of 

 the plum and apricot, yet unlike either. Each new variety 

 brings new flavors, and although those that have been sent 

 out are delicious, those that are almost ready to leave the 

 school surpass in size, flavor, and abundance the first 

 varieties. 



Now that the success of the unusual experiment is fully 

 assured, let each boy and girl who reads these stories be 

 more firmly convinced that 



"They can conquer who believe they can." 



