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tion of pedigreed stock has taken place since our 

 present nurseries were located and advertised on 

 letter heads, etc., as specializes in pedigreed 

 stock. 



"The Miller prune which we now call Morgan- 

 hill has been coming under the head of pedigreed 

 prunes. We called it in the first description 'Im- 

 proved French.' Very few people had enterprise 

 to buy these trees at any increased figure and now 

 we are propagating them at the same price as 

 any kind of prune tree. About half the people 

 seem to ask for pedigreed prunes and the others 

 simply say Trench prunes.' ' 



This, then, suggests a measure of success. It 

 constituted at least a good beginning. 



Successes more unqualified were to follow ; but 

 the work just described was instrumental in lay- 

 ing the foundation for the later improvements- 

 improvements that culminated in four prunes, 

 one of which is already revolutionizing an entire 

 industry, while the others have intrinsic values at 

 least as great. 



An account of these perfected prunes will be 

 given in the succeeding chapter. 



