WHAT THE 



BURBANK PLUMS AND PRUNES 

 HAVE EARNED 



THE OPPORTUNITY WHICH IMPROVEMENT OPENS UP 



THE BURBANK plums and prunes have 

 earned money for everyone except the 

 originator. Introducers, growers, canners 

 and shippers, transportation companies, dealers, 

 and consumers have made and saved money from 

 these fruits. 



The originator, on the other hand, as nearly 

 as he can estimate, has received about 50 cents 

 on each dollar invested in the work of plum 

 development. 



My experiments altogether nearly one-fifth 

 of which have been devoted to plums and prunes 

 have cost me very nearly $250,000. The in- 

 come from the sale of new varieties has been ap- 

 proximately $100,000. Up to 1912 I was about 

 $150,000 behind on all my experiments. But the 

 loss on the plums has been less, probably, than 

 that on a good many other lines of experiment, 



[VOLUME V CHAPTER VIII] 



