THE GREATEST PLUM OF 

 ALL THE PRUNE 



FORTY YEARS IN SEARCH OF A 

 PERFECT PRUNE 



IT not unfrequently happens that a visitor 

 from the East or some foreign land expresses 

 a particular desire to see a fresh prune. And 

 when the fruit is shown the visitor usually ex- 

 presses surprise at its appearance. 



"Why, that looks just like a big plum." 



"Taste it," I said. 



"It tastes exactly like a plum, too." 



"There is every reason why it should," I an- 

 swered; "for it is a plum. Not only so, but you 

 may have eaten any number of prunes in New 

 York or Bombay, as the case might be, even 

 though you supposed that you had never seen a 

 fresh one. The prune is an excellent table fruit 

 and my best varieties are very good shippers. 



"So a fair proportion of the best plums that 

 are sold in the eastern market are really prunes. 

 Yet, of course, they are called plums when sold 



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