LUTHER BURBANK 



and there is reason to believe that varieties not 

 yet introduced will presently bring a return that 

 will more nearly balance the account. 



Meantime the sums earned for others by the 

 Burbank plums and prunes after they have gone 

 out into the world have been really significant, 

 from whatever standpoint considered. 



As illustrating their earnings in a single field, 

 we may note that in the season of 1912 there were 

 564 carloads of Burbank plums of different varie- 

 ties, aggregating 396,133 crates, shipped from Cal- 

 ifornia alone to the eastern markets. This repre- 

 sented more than one-third of all the shipments 

 of plums. The average price per crate received 

 for all Burbank plums was $1.20, as against $1.03 

 the reported average for other varieties. The 

 maximum price per crate for any Burbank plum 

 was $3.25 (Wickson), as against a maximum of 

 $3.04 for any other variety; the highest average 

 prices per crate being respectively $1.71 (May- 

 nard) and $1.45. 



The total wholesale price of the Burbank va- 

 rieties of plums shipped in this single season was 

 not far from half a million dollars. 



If individual varieties are under consideration, 

 the plum specifically known as the Burbank ex- 

 cels any other single variety by a large margin; 

 the figures being, for the Burbank, 116,764 crates 



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