THE CONQUEST PRUNE 



At last,, through successive selections 

 and recrossings, a nearly perfect stone- 

 less prune, which was named the Con- 

 quest, appeared. It was the result 

 of crossing a partially stoneless plum 

 with the French prune. This fruit, as 

 here shown, has the good qualities of 

 the French prune, and yet is almost 

 entirely stoneless. It was introduced in 

 1912. It is exactly like the common 

 French prune in quality, and very 

 much like it in appearance, though 

 larger, and the tree is more vigorous 

 and productive. Some growers object 

 to it because, being stoneless, it does not 

 weigh as heavily when dried. (About 

 one-eighth larger than life size.) 



