LUTHER BURBANK 



The exact pedigree of the Rutland is inferred 

 rather than known. The crosses were so numer- 

 ous and so complicated at that time, that no at- 

 tempt was made to keep an exact record of all of 

 them. There is little doubt, however, that Sat- 

 suma is one of the parents, because the flesh of 

 the Rutland is red, and the Satsuma was the only 

 plum which had red flesh that I was using for 

 crossing at that time. 



The fruit of the Rutland is large, globular, 

 cling-stone; both the flesh and the skin are of a 

 deep crimson color. The flesh has an acid flavor 

 until mature, and when fully ripe resembles the 

 Satsuma in its acid qualities. Its principal value 

 is for jam and jellies. There are a dozen or more 

 bearing trees of this variety on the Sebastopol 

 place, and they have never failed to produce a 

 crop each season. The amount of fruit, however, 

 is too small to make the trees valuable commer- 

 cially in this climate. 



The Rutland was a fruit of unusual scientific 

 interest, and was introduced partly under that 

 consideration not merely as a commercial fruit. 

 It was sent out as a curiosity, the type specimen of 

 a new kind of fruit and the forerunner of numer- 

 ous good varieties that will follow. 



FIXITY OF THE NEW SPECIES 



It might be thought that seedlings from plum- 



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