THE PLUMCOT 191 



There is no uniformity in the color of the stones 

 Some of them are almost white, others yellow; f 

 few are wine colored; and there are browns of 

 various shades. 



The sharp, knifelike projection from one edge 

 of the stone a characteristic of the apricot is 

 found in the seeds of many of the plumcots. 



Notwithstanding these extreme variations, 

 however, it is usually not difficult to distinguish 

 between the plumcot seeds and those of the plum 

 or apricot. They are usually plumper than those 

 of the plum, and have an individual appearance 

 that would be noticed by anyone who examines 

 them. 



Some stones are attached to the flesh, while 

 others are free, some are smaller than the stones 

 of either the plum or apricot, while some are 

 much larger, almost comparable to the peach 

 stones. 



The flesh of the new fruit is the flesh of a 

 plumcot. 



As great production as could be desired, com- 

 bined with large size and other good qualities, 

 had not up to that time been produced. This 

 lack, while discouraging for the time, was by no 

 means an insurmountable obstacle to the pro- 

 duction of a fruit comparable in its relative 

 perfection to our other standard fruits. 



