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any other tree fruit. Often the red-fleshed 

 plums are added to other fruits for the purpose 

 of producing an attractive color and desirable 

 flavor. They also serve a useful purpose in fur- 

 nishing a pleasing variety of fruits. 



The Satsuma and Burbank were the only two 

 among my twelve seedlings that were directly 

 introduced, although sundry of the others sub- 

 sequently had a share in the production of hybrid 

 races. It should be recalled also that I had 

 somewhat earlier introduced three plums of 

 oriental origin, namely, the Abundance, 

 Chabot, and Berckmans, that were also the 

 direct product of oriental stock, grown and 

 fruited by me from seedlings purchased from 

 other importers. 



I have not dwelt at length on them here be- 

 cause they seem of relatively less importance at 

 this date than they appeared at the time when 

 they were introduced. 



Together with the Burbank and Satsuma they 

 make up a group of five plums that were grown 

 from imported seedlings, without scientific 

 hybridization, that ultimately came to be knowTi 

 wherever plums are grown. 



But the Satsuma was the last plum introduced 

 by me that was grown without hybridization 

 from imported stock. 



