LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (Continued) 



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Striking Contrasts 159 



Stoneless but Unmarketable 161 



Absolutely Stoneless 163 



The Gee Whiz Plum in Bloom 166 



An Ideal Plum Tree 171 



Spur Bearing 173 



Skin Texture 175 



A Practically Perfect Plum Tree 177 



Ideal Foliage 179 



Protective Foliage 181 



Foliage Protection Further Illustrated 183 



An Ideal Root System 185 



Progressive Ripening 187 



Ideal Form and Bloom 189 



Ideal Form with Flesh to Match 191 



An Example of Even Ripening 193 



Seedling Red Leaved Plum 196 



The Egg Bartlett Plum 201 



June 25th Plum Fruits 205 



"Three-String" Plum Fruit 209 



The Apple Plum 213 



Another View of the Apple Plum 217 



Firm, Sweet Plum Fruits 221 



Globe Plum Fruits 225 



Early Crimson Plum Fruits 229 



The Home Chestnut Plum 233 



The Turkey Egg Plum 237 



The Bully Plum 241 



Big and Handsome but Nameless 245 



Typical Wild Worthless Plum Seedling 249 



Small, Poor Foliage 25S 



Mosaic Variation 255 



Foliage of Fair Promise 257 



Typical Good Bearer 259 



Typical Good Purple Leaf Plum 261 



Purple Leaved Plum with Fruit 263 



A Diseased Specimen 265 



A Weakling 267 



Leaves Showing Mixed Inheritance 269 



A Tree of Vigor 271 



Plumcots 



A Faulty Beauty 63 



The Odd Plumcot 277 



Sweet Plumcot 281 



Intermediate Form of Plumcot 283 



Plum-Like Plumcot 285 



The Abundance Plumcot 287 



A Superior Plumcot 289 



The Best Plumcot 291 



Cherry Plumcot 293 



Plumcot Seedling Cluster 297 



The Plumcot Called the Burbank. . , 301 



Cluster of Apex Plumcots 303 



