LUTHER BURBANK 



was introduced in 1906, Santa Rosa in 1907, and 

 Beauty, perhaps the hest of all, only in 1911. 



So whereas we find that the Wickson was 

 shipped from California in 1912 to the extent of 

 one hundred carloads, there were only two car- 

 loads of Formosa and fourteen carloads of Santa 

 Rosa recorded, and of course Beauty is not rep- 

 resented at all. 



Obviously, then, the earning power of these 

 newest and best plums is a matter for the future. 

 When the statistics are collated, let us say for the 

 year 1925, it will be possible to gain a clearer 

 view of the real importance of these new pro- 

 ductions. 



Of course, orchardists are proverbially con- 

 servative. Perhaps it is natural that they should 

 be so, considering that they deal with trees that re- 

 quire some years to come into bearing. An or- 

 chard cannot be made in a season, like a grain 

 field, but the rapid conquest effected by the Bur- 

 bank plum and the Wickson leaves little room 

 for doubt that my newest plums will make their 

 way no less effectively in the course of the com- 

 ing decade. 



Fortunately for the fruit grower, he may in- 

 troduce these new Burbank varieties with less 

 loss of time than usually attends the introduction 

 of ordinary plums. 



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