LUTHER BURBANK 



A month or so later, when the last of the older 

 varieties are maturing, the weather is often 

 cloudy and foggy, or sometimes even rainy and 

 in any case the days are much shorter, so that 

 curing is carried on under difficulties, often (as in 

 the cases just cited) with serious loss. 



In 1912, prune shippers estimated that rain 

 damaged the crop of French prunes in this county 

 twenty-five per cent. The Sugar prunes were all 

 cured and packed before the rains, so there was 

 no loss of this variety. 



PROGRESS OF THE SUGAR PRUNE 



The fruit of the Sugar prune is usually even in 

 size and very large, averaging thirteen to fifteen 

 to the pound fresh, which is at least three to four 

 times as large as the French prune grown here 

 under the same conditions. 



It has excellent curing qualities, standing the 

 lye bath better than most other prunes. 



The tree is very far superior to the French 

 prune tree in every respect; better grower, better 

 bearer, better foliage, better form. It requires less 

 careful but abundant pruning; and it will carry 

 and mature more than double the quantity of 

 fruit. 



The wood is somewhat brittle, but the chief 

 cause of the breaking of the limbs, which some- 

 times occurs, is prolific bearing. It must be 



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