200 LUTHER BURBANK 



THE BEST OF THE PLUMCOTS UP TO DATE 



The best of the plumcots so far produced is 

 that just mentioned, the Apex, a final selection 

 in 1911. It ripens with the very earliest of the 

 early plums, about June 10. This means that 

 its season is about three weeks earlier inland. It 

 is now extensively grown and is meeting with 

 special favor as a shipping fruit. 



The tree is a strong, upright grower and has 

 never failed to bear a full crop, even where apri- 

 cots are failures. In some cases the Apex has 

 borne a full crop of fruit even when the plums 

 were a short crop on account of unusual weather 

 conditions. This fruiting capacity is unusual in 

 plumcots of such superior quality, and marks 

 the beginning of a new race of plumcots as 

 productive as the plum and as valuable as the 

 apricot. 



The fruit of the Apex is extremely handsome, 

 and very large for an early fruit, being 5Vz to 6 

 inches in circumference. It is globular, and 

 pink or light crimson in color. The flesh is 

 honey yellow, firm, rich, aromatic, resembling 

 that of the apricot, and sweet and delicious to the 

 taste. 



The Apex tree is a much stronger grower 

 than the Rutland, and produces perhaps ten 



