330 LUTHER BURBANK 



In any event, it was demonstrated in due 

 course that the seedlings were a very remarkable 

 lot. Each of the twelve produced fruit of inter- 

 esting character, and two of them gave a product 

 altogether out of the ordinary. 



Both of these were introduced in 1889, and 

 met with immediate and permanent success. 



The one first offered to the public bore fruit 

 in 1886, the summer after its importation. In 

 my year book I described this fruit as "very 

 large, conical, heart-shaped, red with white 

 bloom; very good." 



In fact, the appearance of the plum, its size, 

 and its delightful flavor and aroma at once 

 proclaimed it as an exceedingly valuable 

 acquisition. 



And naturally being pleased with it I called 

 it to the attention of a number of promi- 

 nent horticulturists who visited my experiment 

 orchard during the next two or three years. 

 Among these visitors was Professor H. E. Van 

 Deman, Pomologist, U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture. Professor Van Deman was much in- 

 terested in this new fruit and suggested that it 

 should be introduced immediately. 



After talking over its qualities thoroughly, he 

 requested that upon its introduction it be given 

 the name of "Burbank." 



