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extraordinary: they may be briefly summed up as 

 follows : 



1. Every possible variety of colorin,i< of skin and 

 flesh has been obtained, from a pure golden yellow to 

 deepest blood -i-ed. Mottled and vari*^,i;ated forms 

 have a]ipeared in abundance. 



2. The shapes vary as mucli as the (/olors. The 

 "Apple Plum" has the size, shape and appeai'ance 

 of an apple: others are like an inverted pear, while 

 all the intermediate shapes are rejn'esented. 



3. The new flavors and aromas defy classification. 

 While the Bartlett Plum tastes exactly like the Bartlett 

 Pear, others suggest a banana, and all degrees of 

 sweetness and acidity are found. Some have the 

 aroma of pineapples, others of apples, and of certain 

 kinds but a few are needed to fill a whole room with 

 fragrance. 



4. The sizes have been increased up to three inches 

 long and two and one-half in diameter. That the 

 hybrid may sometimes exceed either of the parents 

 in size is well shown in Fig. 2.31. The parents are 

 an American Plum {IViiniis Aniericmid) shown on the 

 right, and a Japanese Plum {I'nmiis triflora), shown 

 on the left. Among the hybrids which appeared in 

 the first generation of this cross, before any selection 

 had taken place, was the one shown in the center 

 of the figure. The Giant Pi-une, over two and one- 

 half inches long, is another very interesting illustration 



