LUTHER BURBANK 



out stones, those having ordinary stones again 

 appear. There are others, however, that retain 

 the stoneless condition, and are of exceptional 

 size. Every color of the plum now appears in 

 these stoneless hybrids white, pale yellow, 

 orange, scarlet, crimson, violet, deep blue, almost 

 black, striped, spotted, variegated, and mottled in 

 every way imaginable. 



They ripen from the middle of June until 

 Thanksgiving, and while some varieties are no 

 larger than a cranberry, others are larger than 

 any other plum now generally cultivated, except 

 perhaps the Climax, the Wickson, and Kelsey. 



After a time, no doubt, varieties may be pro- 

 duced with solid flesh throughout, as many seed- 

 lings now have indications of such a condition. 

 The best stoneless plum thus far produced has a 

 strong tendency towards this condition. 



I am often asked how the present plum with 

 stones and seed will be replaced by the stoneless 

 variety. 



Will the ordinary varieties be supplanted 

 within a few years? 



There is no probability of that. It will be a 

 long time before our present orchards are re- 

 placed by trees bearing stoneless fruit. Long years 

 of selective breeding have been required to give 

 the plum its good qualities. To hold to present 



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