LUTHER BURBANK 



only thrive but will invariably produce a fair crop 

 of fruit whether the season is hot or cold, dry or 

 rainy. A fine practical test of fullness of bearing 

 is supplied when a frost comes just after the blos- 

 soms have dropped, while the miniature fruit is 

 fully exposed. 



A tree that will stand this test may generally 

 be depended on as an every-year bearer. 



Nowadays the plant developer has this matter 

 of every-year bearing in mind, and varieties of 

 plums have been developed which conform to this 

 business principle. Our fathers pretty generally 

 supposed that a fruit failure about every second 

 or third season was to be expected. Now we know 

 that the right variety of fruit can be depended on 

 to give a crop each season. 



In selecting stock for your prospective plum 

 orchard, bear this point very carefully in mind, 

 and choose only such varieties as have the in- 

 herent tendency to bear fruit with regularity. 

 SIZE AND QUALITY OF FRUIT 



It was just noted that a prune may be so large 

 that it dries badly. This is not likely to be the 

 case, however, if the prune ripens early and has a 

 high sugar content. And as to plums in general, 

 large size is, of course, a foremost merit. 



There are other fruits that sometimes tend to 

 grow too large. This is true of certain pears; also 



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