New Creations in Fruits and Flowers. 



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" Your kind letter of the 26th came duly to hand, also New Crkations which I am 

 pleased to receive. I have frequently heard of the great pains you have taken to introduce 

 and improve our fruit, and I ofttimes think that your labors, as well as others, are not half 

 appreciated by the fruit growers of California. I am interested in your labor, and think I 

 know how to appreciate it. Three years ago the Burbank Seedling came to my notice ; I 

 obtained a few grafts and gave it a fair test in this early locality ; the result was, it turned 

 out to be very early — ripened the 12th of June. I shipped three hundred and forty crates, 

 the first ever shipped to the Eastern market — Boston and New York. In some instances 

 the}' brought fabulous prices, and I feel confident there will be fifty per cent more trees 

 sold this season than have ever been sold before. I have furnished thousands of buds 

 during the summer, and have more orders for grafts than 1 care to let go. The California 

 Red is onh' excelled by the Burbank, which stands at the head. I have the earliest, 

 location on'the Pacific Coast." Ok \V. Thisskij,, vSr., Yolo County, Cal. 



" I congratulate you upon your success in so new and rich a field; may you have 

 many years in which to broaden the world's knowledge." (Prof.) Jas. \V. Ford, Minn. 



" I have just received a copy of your New Creations and hasten to thank you for it. 

 It surely is a novel catalogue in every respect. I have been greatly interested and benefited 

 in looking it over, and only wish I might see some of your interesting hybrids." 



H. J. Webber, Asst. Veg. Pathologist, 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Subtropical Laboratory, Pla. 



New Plum. S 



Doris." 



A seedlino^ of Satsiima which grows as readily from cuttini^s as a Quince 

 or Currant. The tree is exceedingly vigorous and often bears fruit the second 

 year from cuttings, and afterwards the branches are ropes of fruit which is quite 

 soft, juicy, sweet and of good quality ; for eating fresh, perhaps it would aver- 

 age up well with most good plums. 



It is a Plum for everybody, as it can be raised so easily, and it makes a first- 

 elass stoek for budding other varieties on, far excelling the Mariana here. It 

 should be hardy as far north as Ohio at least. 



Stock : Many fine large trees. Stark Bros, have a half interest in it. 

 Price of the other half, $300. 



" I am now satisfied that the Burbank and your Japan Walnuts will winter all right 

 here without protection, as the past winter has been the most severe on tender fruit in 

 twenty years, so Prof. Budd writes. My little Burbank grafts are loaded with fruit, and I 

 think will ripen up, so if you have any varieties of Plums you think as hardy as Burbank, 

 I should like to try them." ' Dr. A. B. Dk:nnis, Iowa. 



