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with the deep yellow, juicy, tender but firm flesh, 

 and the sweet aromatic flavor of these plums as 

 are the orchardists of California. They are 

 equally well known in New Zealand, in England 

 in France, in Nova Scotia, and in southerr 

 Canada, and in this country they have become the 

 standard in all the States except Wyoming. 



The total number of nurserymen in America 

 who list Japanese plums is 150, and of these 142 

 list the Burbank; a record not approached by 

 any other plum. 



A MORE COMPREHENSIVE VALUATION 



But these figures, and any others of like char- 

 acter that might be collated, serve, after all, to 

 give only a vague and general idea of the eco- 

 nomic importance of the new plums. 



Statistics having to do with shipments to 

 the great markets, even were they available 

 for all territories, would tell but a small 

 part of the story. The true benefits accruing 

 from this work cannot be reduced entirely to 

 figures. 



A large proportion of the earnings, for ex- 

 ample, have been protective in the nature of 

 assuring large and regular yields of superior 

 quality; thus giving significant returns each year 

 instead of uncertain yields occasionally. 



