LUTHER BURBANK 



As announced in The California Fruit Grower 

 of May 24, 1903, a special gold medal was struck 

 as an award though no award had been sched- 

 uled, or could have been for any such exhibit. 

 Such fruit had probably never been thought of by 

 the board of awards or any one else. 



Such recognition was pleasing. Yet the plum- 

 cot in 1901 was far from being a perfect fruit. It 

 was rather in the experimental stage. Further 

 work in cross-breeding and selection was requisite 

 for its perfecting. 



The first one of these plumcots introduced was 

 sold to John M. Rutland of Australia. 



Mr. Rutland came from Kiewa, Australia, and 

 lived near my Sebastopol proving grounds for 

 several years in order to study these new fruits, 

 as well as the cactus and other of my productions. 

 When he saw this plumcot, he thought it good 

 enough for introduction. Accordingly, in July, 

 1905, he purchased the right of distribution in the 

 Southern Hemisphere, including all of Africa. He 

 named this variety the Rutland. 



The following year the new fruit was intro- 

 duced in the Northern Hemisphere by George C. 

 Roeding of Fresno, California. 



The Rutland has long, slender branches and 

 long, slender leaves. It is a completely balanced 

 combination of the Satsuma plum and the apricot. 



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