LUTHER BURBANK 



of the plum, and have an individual appearance 

 that would be noticed by anyone who examines 

 them. 



Some stones are attached to the flesh, while 

 others are free, some are smaller than the stones 

 of either the plum or apricot, while some are much 

 larger, comparable to the peach stone. 



The flesh of the new fruit is the flesh of a 

 Plumcot. 



As great production as could be desired, com- 

 bined with large size and other good qualities, 

 had not up to that time been produced. This lack, 

 while discouraging for the time, was by no means 

 an insurmountable obstacle to the production of 

 a fruit comparable in its relative perfection to our 

 other standard fruits. 



When it is possible to add to the most stubborn 

 plant, practically any desired element color, 

 hardiness, earliness, or any other it may lack the 

 plant improver may be assured that productive- 

 ness can also be added. 



In order to give an idea how a number of 

 seedling plumcots proved up, the following test 

 records of some of the plumcots produced are 

 listed. It is to be remembered that these are some 

 of the results of earlier experiments. 



On consulting my record books, I find that the 

 earlier Plumcots were usually listed as poor to 



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