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work in crossbreeding and selection was requi- 

 site for its perfecting. 



The first one of these plumcots introduced 

 was sold to John M. Rutland of Australia. 



Mr. Rutland came from Kiewa, Australia, 

 and lived near my Sebastopol proving grounds 

 for several years in order to study these new 

 fruits, as well as the cactus and other of my pro- 

 ductions. When he saw this plumcot, he thought 

 it good enough for introduction. Accordingly, 

 in July, 1905, he purchased the right of distribu- 

 tion in the Southern Hemisphere, including all 

 of Africa. He named this variety the Rutland. 



The following year the new fruit was intro- 

 duced in the Northern Hemisphere by George 

 C. Roeding of Fresno, California. 



The Rutland has long, slender branches, and 

 long, slender leaves. It is a completely bal- 

 anced combination of the Satsuma plum and the 

 apricot. The exact pedigree of the Rutland is 

 inferred rather than known. The crosses were 

 so numerous and so complicated at that time 

 that no attempt was made to keep an exact rec- 

 ord of all of them. There can be no doubt, how- 

 ever, that Satsuma is one of the parents, because 

 the flesh of the Rutland is red, and the Satsuma 

 was the only plum which had red flesh that I 

 was using for crossing at that time. 



