6 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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FRUIT OF THE GUAVA 290 



SWEET LEMONS 300 



SEEDLING POMEGRANATE FRUITS .... 308 



THE CLIMAX PLUM 316 



BEAUTY PLUM FRUITS , 320 



THE BLOOD PLUM SATSUMA 324 



TYPE OF SELECTED BLOOD PLUM SEEDLING . 328 



A KELSEY-SATSUMA HYBRID 332 



NINE VARIETIES OF CROSSBRED PLUMS . . 336 



A KELSEY-BURBANK HYBRID 344 



JORDAN PLUM 348 



VOLUME IV 

 THE FRUIT OF THE BURBANK PLUM Frontispiece 



THE LATE SHIPPER .... ; . ; ... 14 



PRUNE D'AGEN FRUIT 28 



THE SUGAR PRUNE . . . 32 



THE SPLENDOR PRUNE ....... 36 



PRUNE DRYING IN CALIFORNIA 40 



THE STANDARD PRUNE ........ 44 



THE CONQUEST PRUNE . . . . ... 48 



ONE OF THE PLUMCOTS ... . ... . ;.. . 60 



A SUPERIOR PLUMCOT 68 



PLUMLIKE PLUMCOT 104 



PURPLE-LEAVED PLUM WITH FRUIT . . . 118 



GLOBE PLUM FRUITS 128 



FIRM SWEET PLUM FRUITS 134 



THE APPLE PLUM 140 



ANOTHER VIEW OF THE APPLE PLUM . . 148 



A SEEDLING CRIMSON-LEAFED PLUM . . . 156 



AN EXAMPLE OF UNIFORM RIPENING 164 



