192 LUTHER BURBANK 



When it is possible to add to the most stub- 

 born plant, practically any desired element- 

 color, hardiness, earliness, or any other it may 

 lack the plant improver may be assured that 

 productiveness can also be added. 



In order to give an idea how a number 

 of seedling plumeots proved up, the following 

 test records of some of the plumeots pro- 

 duced are listed. It is to be remembered 

 that these are some of the results of earlier 

 experiments. 



On consulting my record books, I find that the 

 earlier plumeots were usually listed as poor to 

 medium growers, and almost without exception 

 as poor bearers. Such records as these are 

 typical: "No. 10 Poor grower; fruit small. 

 No. 14 Strong grower and poor bearer. 

 No. 16 Poor grower and poor bearer. No. 18 

 Medium grower and poor bearer." 



This is not as discouraging as it might seem 

 on the face of it. All of the trees represented 

 by the above numbers bore regularly; they pro- 

 duced a fair crop every year. Moreover, there 

 were others that were listed as "medium" bear- 

 ers, and even as "heavy" bearers. 



One of these now fruiting produces such an 

 enormous quantity of fruit that it would seem 

 impossible for the tree to hold it; the branches 



