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are literally crowded with plumcots from base 

 to tip. 



The quality also is good. So this variety gives 

 a good basis for more seedlings and for crosses 

 that will produce regular and abundant bearers 

 of fruit of superior quality. 



The plumcot was at first slow of improvement 

 owing to the comparatively few seeds available, 

 and the time it took those to come again to bear- 

 ing, yet a number of varieties which combine the 

 pleasing quality of the apricot with the hardiness 

 and productivity of the plum are already in 

 existence. 



The larger proportion of the successful crosses 

 between the apricot and the plum have been 

 made with the Japanese plums. Few seedlings 

 have been raised from the apricot trees pollen- 

 ized with the Japanese pollen, the seeds generally 

 being produced from the plum tree. 



The seedlings of the second generation show 

 an astonishing number of variations. Although 

 both trees and fruits of these variations usually 

 resemble both parents in various respects, yet 

 we are so unaccustomed to seeing such com- 

 binations of characters that they appear to 

 be new. 



In fact, the combinations are new, though the 

 characters exist in the heredity of one parent or 



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