THE BLOOD PLUM 

 SATSUMA 



This is the plum about which I read 

 in the Mercantile Library of San Fran- 

 cisco many years ago. My interest was 

 aroused and I at once sent to Japan for 

 the plant, along with others, and subse- 

 quently utilized it to very great advan- 

 tage in my plant-developing experi- 

 ments. The original imported Satsuma 

 is the parent of all the red-fleshed 

 plums now grown in America. (Natu- 

 ral size.) 



