LUTHER BURBANK 



and for its closest competitor 98,149, a difference 

 in favor of the Burbank of 18,615 crates. 



If prices are taken into account, the lead of 

 the Burbank becomes still more significant, the 

 highest price per crate for this plum being $1.93, 

 and its average price $1.12. The total revenue 

 from shipments of this single variety of plum was 

 more than $130,000. 



And all this, of course, refers to the Burbank 

 plums merely as shipping plums from a single 

 district. It takes no account of prunes, the han- 

 dling of which constitutes an altogether inde- 

 pendent industry. Nor does it, of course, refer in 

 any way to the shipment of plums from any re- 

 gion except California. Yet the Burbank plums 

 are grown everywhere, and in some remote re- 

 gions as, for example, South Africa, they are 

 raised on the largest commercial scale. The bush- 

 men of Australia are perhaps as familiar with the 

 deep yellow, juicy, tender but firm flesh, and the 

 sweet aromatic flavor of this plum as are the or- 

 chardists of California. It is equally well-known 

 in New Zealand, in England, in France, in Nova 

 Scotia, and in Southern Canada, and in this coun- 

 try it has become the standard in all the states 

 except Wyoming. 



The total number of nurserymen in America 

 who list Japanese plums is 150, and of these 142 



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