LUTHER BURBANK 



The wide range of results attainable when 

 these methods are used is shown by the fact that 

 I now have plums the flavor of which is very simi- 

 lar to the following fruits: peach, apricot, apple, 

 pear, lemon, orange, banana, pineapple, and ber- 

 ries of various kinds. 



In addition to these, there are flavors that can- 

 not be described because they are unique due to 

 new combinations or blends. 



Although the flavor of a fruit is only one of its 

 important attributes, it sometimes determines the 

 value or lack of value of a new variety, and it is 

 always an important factor. In many cases I have 

 produced new varieties of plums which were good 

 in every respect except the flavor, and because of 

 this one defect they were destroyed. 



Plums in my present colony are of every 

 imaginable color and quality and ripen at all 

 seasons from the earliest to the latest. Some trees 

 have green foliage and some have purple. The 

 trees also differ in growth in almost every imagin- 

 able way. Some are adapted to cold climates, 

 some only to warm. Some require much moisture. 

 Some will thrive under semi-arid conditions. A 

 few give promise of being adapted to such a vari- 

 ety of climates that like the Burbank plum they 

 may be grown practically throughout the plum- 

 growing regions of the world. 



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