LUTHER BURBANK 



duced into fruit-growing America and is one of 

 the parents of most of the others. While the fruit 

 is not as large nor as handsome in color as in 

 some of its offspring, it is still one of the best va- 

 rieties for quality of fruit and its trees are pos- 

 sibly as good as those of any of the other sorts 

 of red-fleshed Trifloras. 



"Satsuma, besides being one of the best of its 

 class in quality for either dessert or culinary pur- 

 poses, keeps and ships very well, and if the plums 

 are of sufficient size and have been allowed to 

 color properly, the variety makes a good show- 

 ing on the markets. Too often, however, it is so 

 unattractive as it reaches the market that it does 

 not sell well. In the South the plums are said to 

 be much attacked by brown-rot, but they are not 

 more susceptible here than other plums. The 

 trees are rather above the average for the species 

 in size, habit, health, hardiness, and productive- 

 ness though they bear sparingly when young. 



"They bloom early in the season and are dis- 

 tinguished from other Triflora sorts by having 

 many spurs and short limbs along the main 

 branches. 



"In 1887 Burbank's tree was the only one bear- 

 ing in America, but since then it has been tested 

 in all of the large plum regions, having been in- 

 troduced by Burbank in 1889. In 1897 it was 



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