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The leoond seasoo the bloMoms of th« 

 pliun were fertilized with the poUen of the i i 



prune and with that of numerous other pin i 



prunes. 



The fcedlings from these cr o isci were grafted 

 to insure their earlier bearing. In the Bret gen- 

 eration I obtained some plums fully twice as large 

 as their seed parent Most of these had stones, 

 however, and were soft, sour fruits. A very few 

 of them were partially stoneless, and from these 

 the work was continued. 



Gettino Results 



The next generation gave some general im- 

 provement in the growth of the tree and the sLse 

 and quality of the fruit All the seedlings of the 

 cross from the Satu Noyfim were grafted on oiJer 

 trees where they soon bore fruit. though 



many of them showed the thoniy, dwarfed, ill- 

 shaped type of tree of the uncultivated ancestor. 



After still further selection there was a very 

 marked tendency to improvement. 



In a large lot of seedlings, in 1904, I obtained 

 two that seemed to me of favorable appearance — 

 for much can be known from the quality of leaf 

 and stem long before the time of fruiting. 



And when, two years later, the grafts thus 

 selected bore fruit, it was delightful to find my 



