THE PLUMCOT 18S 



application of methods of grafting, elsewhere 

 described. Some of the most vigorous and best 

 growers of the hybrid seedlings were grafted 

 onto older plum trees. After two or three 

 years several of them began to bear fruit 

 abundantly. 



The grafts showed that fruit would actually 

 be produced fruit of fine quality; this much 

 was assured. 



And it was a fruit of a new order neither 

 apricot nor plum. In view of its origin, it 

 seemed appropriate to christen the new fruit the 



Plumcot. 



PARENTAL RESEMBLANCES 



The new fruits are often similar to the plum 

 in firmness and color. In form also the cross 

 quite as often follows the plum parentage, for 

 every shape that is seen among the many thou- 

 sands of varieties of plums is also seen among the 

 plumcot seedlings. But there are numerous 

 varieties also that closely resemble the apricot 

 in form. 



The stones vary widely, some of them almost 

 duplicating the apricot stone, and others being 

 similar to the plum stone. A few varieties have 

 stones which resemble the peach stone in many 

 respects, especially in the corrugated and honey- 

 combed appearance and in thickness of the shell. 



