ON THE PRUNE 



growers and is recommended to all who grow fruit 

 for pleasure." 



OTHER PARTIAL SUCCESSES 



Another prune that I developed somewhat 

 earlier was named the Honey prune. 



This was one of my earlier seedlings and not a 

 hybrid. It was of better quality and handsomer 

 than the Green Gage, the standard of excellence 

 at that time. The tree was not remarkably pro- 

 ductive, but the variety has been welcomed as a 

 home fruit in several localities of California. It 

 was not considered worthy of general introduction 

 but a few trees were sold to local growers who 

 were interested in this variety and felt that it met 

 the demands of their locality. 



A seedling of the prune d'Agen which I called 

 Miller, was sold to Leonard Coates of Morgan Hill 

 California, in November, 1898. This he introduced 

 in 1908 as the "Improved French Prune." Later 

 the name was changed to "Morganhill." 



The introduction of this prune as described by 

 Mr. Ccates himself furnishes an illustration of the 

 length of time it usually takes for the public to 

 become accustomed to a new fruit. In a letter 

 Mr. Coates says: 



"We did not attempt a system of advertising in 

 the start but rather tested it thoroughly for some 

 ten years or so. It is very hard to introduce any 



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