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practically the only ones grown. The same law 

 seems to hold true with fruits as with new ideas 

 and new inventions in general; too often these 

 are at first condemned, but if possessing gen- 

 uine merit they are finally recognized and 

 appreciated. 



I have met this experience in the introduc- 

 tion of nearly all the new fruits that I have 

 produced. 



It was ten years after the Burbank plum was 

 introduced before people generally discovered 

 that it was a valuable fruit. Now it is planted 

 more widely than any plum on the globe, and 

 thrives in almost all regions where plums can 

 be grown. 



The excellent properties of the Wickson plum, 

 now raised in most localities where plums are 

 cultivated to any considerable extent, were for 

 several years unrecognized. To-day it is ac- 

 knowledged to be the best of the older shipping 

 plums in existence, not only in America but in 

 Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South America, 

 and even in Japan. 



My Van Deman and Pineapple quinces were 

 not very well received by some when first intro- 

 duced; at present they are planted more than all 

 other quinces in California, and everywhere 

 acknowledged to be the best in quality, as well 



