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Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



New Japan Quince. 



** Alpha /* 



P5'riis Maulei and Pyrus Maulei superba have been recommended as the 

 best of the Japan Quinces for fruit. 



From man}- thousand seedlings one has been obtained which produces 

 large, handsome, light, crimson blossoms, and extremely large, orange-like, 

 waxy, 5^ellow fruits in the greatest profusion. It is one of the handsomest of 

 all fruits, and alwaj'S attracts attention b}' its large size, peculiar form, golden 

 color and exquisite fragrance. 



The quality is much superior to other Japan Quinces, and will be found 

 useful everywhere — North, South, East and West — owing to its hardy vigor, 

 productiveness and value for jelly-making. Stock : One large original bush. 

 Price, $300. 



New Flowering Quince. 



** Dazzle .** 



Flowers of the most dazzling crimson, over two inches in diameter, of 

 unusual substance, and growing in great clusters. The plant has a fine grace- 

 fully drooping habit and vigorous growth. Stock : One very large bush. 

 Price, $300. 



Plunr7s apd Prunes. 



Cross-bred Prune. 



A. P.-90. * % ^cuvvt " ^ 



Petite d' Agen _X Hungarian. 



HE Petite d'Agen, French Prune, or California Prune as it is often 

 called, is well known to be the most important fruit grown in California. 

 During the spring of 1885 the Petite d'Agen was selected as the parent 

 tree, and many thousand blossoms were pollenated from the Hungarian Prune, 

 the largest, handsomest and most productive Prune then known. 



At the meeting of the California State Horticultural Society in August, 

 1888, I had the pleasure of exhibiting seventy varieties of the best of these 

 cross-bred seedlings. The purchaser of the commercial part of my nurseries, 

 being ignorant of their value, destroyed some sixt}- or more of them, but sev- 

 eral of the most promising had been grafted into another tree, and among them 

 the subject of this sketch, which seems to be a very well-balanced cross between 

 the two Prunes. The fruit, which averages one and one-half to two ounces 

 each, is sw^eeter and of finer texture than the Hungarian Prune, and larger 

 (possibly the largest Prune or Plum knowm) ; but not as firm and sugary as the 

 Petite d'Agen. It is well distributed along the sturdy branches, so that the 

 immense load is carried without danger of breaking the trees. Its handsome 



