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past, but it must take a long time gradu- 

 ally to replace one and then another and 

 another. 



The replacement of the ordinary plum by the 

 stoneless plum will come about gradually, some- 

 what as the red potato was replaced by the white 

 potato in California. Twenty-five years ago 

 nothing but the red potato could be obtained in 

 any of the markets of this State. Even my own 

 brothers questioned whether the Burbank could 

 make headway against it. To-day more than 

 five million bushels per year are grown in this 

 State and red potatoes are not to be found. 



THE OUTLOOK FOR SEEDLESS FRUITS 



It will be remembered that there have been 

 seedless raisins grown for a century or more, yet 

 everyone knows that seedless grapes are by no 

 means universal. 



The well-known Washington navel seedless 

 orange has made a new world market for this 

 fruit. Yet the bulk of the oranges in the mar- 

 kets of the world have seeds. There are good 

 seedless lemons, limes, and grapefruits ; but they 

 are very gradually finding their way into the 

 markets. 



The change from stone to stoneless fruit will 

 come about by imperceptible steps. The change 



