THE PLUM 331 



Accordingly in 1889 this new fruit was offered 

 to the public as the Burbank Plum. 



THE CAREER OF AN IMMIGRANT 



The story of the ultimate success of this fruit 

 will be told statistically in another connection. 

 Suffice it here that the Burbank plum presently 

 outranked all others as a California shipping 

 plum, and at the present time in the east is the 

 most popular and most generally off ered for sale 

 in the markets. Last year 125 carloads of this 

 fruit were shipped to the eastern market from 

 California, 



Of course the career of this plum, like that 

 of every other young fruit, has been subject to 

 vicissitudes. 



Some who have attempted to grow it in cli- 

 mates to which it is not adapted have considered 

 it of small value. Yet there are few climates 

 where it does not thrive ; and for every orchardist 

 who has tried it and found it wanting there are 

 hundreds throughout the world who have been 

 astonished and delighted at its value and have 

 planted large portions of their orchard with this 

 variety. 



Although there are certain latitudes, certain 

 conditions of humidity, and certain conditions of 

 temperature under which it will not thrive, the 



