THE ORIGINAL AND THE 

 FINISHED PRODUCT 



This picture shows the wonderful 

 contrast in size between the original 

 wild, partially stoneless, plum and one 

 of the perfected stoneless prunes. 

 Many generations lie between the two, 

 yet the essential character of partial 

 stonelessness that gave the little plum 

 its only value has been retained in the 

 remote descendant, while the strains of 

 numerous cultivated plums have been 

 bred in, so that the offspring of the 

 dwarf plum is now large in size and of 

 fine quality of flesh. 



