LUTHER BURBANK 



This expectation has been realized in a variety 

 of plumcot that has been named the Apex. 



This makes it possible to raise delicious apri- 

 cot-like fruits in many localities where the apricot 

 cannot be grown. 



THE BEST OF THE PLUMCOTS UP To DATE 



The best of the plumcots so far produced is 

 that just mentioned, the Apex, a final selection in 

 1911. It ripens with the very earliest of the early 

 plums, about June 10. This means that its season 

 is about three weeks earlier inland. It has not 

 been fruited sufficiently long in other localities to 

 know how it will yield elsewhere. 



The tree is a strong, upright grower, and has 

 never failed to bear a full crop, even where apri- 

 cots are failures. In some cases the Apex has 

 borne a full crop of fruit even when the plums 

 were a short crop on account of unusual weather 

 conditions. This fruiting capacity is unusual in 

 plumcots of such superior quality, and marks the 

 beginning of a new race of plumcots as productive 

 as the plum and as valuable as the apricot. 



The fruit of the Apex is extremely handsome, 

 and very large for an early fruit, being 5% to 6 

 inches in circumference. It is globular, and pink, 

 or light crimson in color. The flesh is honey yel- 

 low, firm, rich, aromatic, resembling that of the 

 apricot, and sweet and delicious to the taste. 



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