LUTHER BURBANK 



plum, and at the present time in the east is the 

 most popular and most generally offered for sale 

 in the markets. Last year 125 carloads of this 

 fruit were shipped to the eastern market from 

 California. 



Of course the career of this plum, like that 

 of every other young fruit, has been subject to 

 vicissitudes. 



Some who have attempted to grow it in cli- 

 mates to which it is not adapted have considered 

 it of small value. Yet there are few climates 

 where it does not thrive; and for every orchardist 

 who has tried it and found it wanting there are 

 scores, throughout the world, who have been as- 

 tonished and delighted at its value and have 

 planted large portions of their orchard with this 

 variety. 



Although there are certain latitudes, certain 

 conditions of humidity, and certain conditions 

 of temperature under which it will not thrive, the 

 Burbank has been able to adapt itself to more 

 varied conditions than any other plum. 



By way of illustration, I may cite a letter from 

 an extensive grower at North East, Pa., who states 

 that his orchard of Burbank trees survived the 

 extreme cold of the winter of 1912-1913, during 

 which the thermometer registered as low as thirty 

 degrees below zero, and at the usual time in the 



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