326 CALIFORNIA FRUITS: HOW TO GROW THEM 



Two of Mr. Burbank's recent creations, introduced by Mr. 

 George C. Reeding, are of striking characters, and are described 

 as follows : 



Santa Rosa. "It is a fine grower, the wood is very tough and the limbs 

 will not break. It is a sure, regular bearer and bears always most abundantly. 

 It does not have any off years. The fruit runs remarkably fine, even in size, 

 and astonishingly smooth and clear of any defects. It is beautiful, delicious 

 and a very fine carrier to Eastern markets. It will keep well in hot weather 

 for a week after it is ripe, so there is no occasion to pick it half ripe in order 

 to ship. I intend to plant it very largely myself, and to the exclusion of ajl 

 other shipping plums." S. F. Leib. 



Formosa. "Unusually large, thick, healthy, light green foliage; strong, 

 hard, wiry wood ; blooms with the Burbank and Abundance, and always 

 escapes late spring frosts, and always bears profusely even when continuous 

 rainy weather prevents full pollination in most other plums. No disease has 

 ever found lodgment with Formosa. The fruit is of uniform size, averaging 

 about six inches in circumference one way by eight the other. Fruit yellow 

 with a pale bloom until nearly ^ipe, turning to a clear rich red. Flesh pale 

 yellow, unusually firm, sweet, rich, delicious, with a delightful apricot flavor, 

 nearly freestone. Formosa has been very thoroughly tested for its keeping 

 qualities, which are unequaled except by Santa Rosa, Wickson, Burbank, and 

 a few others." Luther Burbank. 



