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The Hybrid Plums 



HYBRID plums first really claimed 

 the notice of American pomol- 

 ogists in 1893, when Luther 

 Burbank offered for sale his 

 varieties, Golden and Juicy, 

 with certain others which have 

 become less well known. Two 

 years later several supposed 

 hybrids produced by J. S. 

 Breece, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, were de- 

 scribed in the report of the United States Pomologist. 

 These were Garnet, Lannix, Monolith, Scribner and 

 Sirocco. These have not yet been generally intro- 

 duced. Since 1895 numbers of hybrids have been 

 brought to light by Luther Burbank of California, W. 

 A. Yates, F. T. Ramsey, A. L. Bruce and T. V. Mun- 

 son of Texas, G. L. Taber of Florida, J. L. Normand 

 of Louisiana, Theo. Williams of Nebraska, C. E. Pen- 

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