LUTHER BURBANK 



The Burbank, Santa Rosa, Climax, and For- 

 mosa plums, among others, are striking examples 

 of this feature, as they come into bearing very 

 early. Several of these have come into the mar- 

 ket at a time when it is nearly bare of fruit. 



Another advantage is secured to the fruit 

 grower by varieties that are regular and abundant 

 bearers. Regularity of bearing is a factor for 

 which I have worked constantly, and it has been 

 instilled into all my new varieties of plums. These 

 trees are not constructed on the hit or miss plan. 

 They can be depended on to give a crop each year. 

 It requires no argument to show that the expense 

 of starting an orchard can be paid much more 

 rapidly by trees that will bear abundantly each 

 season. An enormous crop every other year would 

 not at all take the place of even a moderate crop 

 every year. But, in point of fact, my new plums 

 are not only regular bearers, but most abundant 

 bearers as well. 



Sometimes the grower is deceived by receiving 

 a large price for a variety of fruit that is produced 

 in such small quantity as to bring a meager 

 aggregate return. 



The wise orchardist, however, will look for a 

 fruit that will produce abundantly and at the 

 same time bring a good price per basket. The 

 Tragedy at $2.00 a crate would generally pay much 



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