WHAT THE BURBANK PLUMS 



AND PRUNES HAVE 



EARNED 



THE OPPORTUN-ITY WHICH IMPROVEMENT 

 OPENS UP 



THE BUKBANK plums and prunes have 

 earned money for everyone except the 

 originator. Introducers, growers, canners, 

 and shippers, transportation companies, dealers, 

 and consumers have made and saved money from 

 these fruits. 



The originator, on the other hand, as nearly 

 as he can estimate, has received about 50 cents 

 on each dollar invested in the work of plum 

 development. 



My experiments altogether nearly one-fifth 

 of which have been devoted to plums and prunes 

 have cost me very nearly $250,000. The in- 

 come from the sale of new varieties has been ap- 

 proximately $100,000. Up to 1912 I was about 

 $150,000 behind on all my experiments. But the 

 loss on the plums has been less, probably, than 



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