NEW PLUMS AND PRUNES 119 



This perfected method has been little used by 

 other plant originators, but its practicability and 

 value are demonstrated by the results. 



The wide range of results attainable when 

 these methods are used is shown by the fact that 

 I now have plums the flavor of which is very 

 similar to the following fruits: peach, apricot, 

 apple, pear, lemon, orange, banana, pineapple, 

 and berries of various kinds. 



In addition to these, there are flavors that can- 

 not be described because they are unique due 

 to new combinations or blends. 



Although the flavor of a fruit is only one of its 

 important attributes, it sometimes determines 

 the value or lack of value of a new variety, and 

 it is always an important factor. In many cases 

 I have produced new varieties of plums which 

 were good in every respect except the flavor, and 

 because of this one defect they were destroyed. 



Plums in my present colony are of every 

 imaginable color and quality and ripen at all 

 seasons from the earliest to the latest. Some 

 trees have green foliage and some have purple. 

 The trees also differ in growth in almost every 

 imaginable way. Some are adapted to cold 

 climates, some only to warm. Some require 

 much moisture. Some will thrive under semi- 

 arid conditions. A few give promise of being 



