LUTHER BURBANK 



among my twelve seedlings that were directly in- 

 troduced, although sundry of the others subse- 

 quently had a share in the production of hybrid 

 races. It should be recalled also that I had some- 

 what earlier introduced three plums of Oriental 

 origin, namely, the Abundance, Chabot, and 

 Berckmans, that were also the direct product of 

 Oriental stock, grown and fruited by me from 

 seedlings purchased from other importers. 



I have not dwelt at length on them here be- 

 cause they seem of relatively less importance in 

 retrospect than they appeared at the time when 

 they were introduced. 



Together with the Burbank and Satsuma they 

 make up a group of five plums that were grown 

 from imported seedlings, without hybridization, 

 that ultimately came to be known wherever plums 

 are grown. 



But the Satsuma was the last plum introduced 

 by me that was grown without hybridization 

 from imported stock. 



My next and all subsequent introductions were 

 new races produced by crossing and hybridiza- 

 tion, combining the heredities of widely varying 

 species, and selecting the best from among thou- 

 sands of seedlings. The story of the experiments 

 through which these new races were developed 

 belongs to the next chapter. 



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