Stoneless Plums and Prunes s 



INCE the plum was first grown nothing more wonderful in its history has 

 occurred than the production of these stoneless fruits, a cut of one of 

 which is shown above. It is a prune ; having the general appearance of 



the common California prune, but growing much larger, not yet educated up to 

 the production of sufficient sugar, but this is only a very small matter compared 

 with results already obtained. The cut above shows one of the new fruits which 

 produces a seed, but no stone. We have a newer one, large, early, sweet and de- 

 licious, which bears neither seed or stone. The trees are remarkably vigorous 

 and handsome with silky, downy wood, prominent buds and large, roundish 

 leaves. 



Not for sale this season. 



"But at any price he is likely to receive for these potent little sticks he will net but 

 an infinitesimal fraction of the millions which this new fruit will eventually profit the 

 world." 



"Of the Burbank plums too much cannot be said of the size and beauty and noth- 

 ing whatever may be said of the taste, for twenty thousand varieties of the same fruit 

 have twenty thousand different tastes, and for lusciousness they are beyond descrip- 

 tion," — "Santa Rosa Republican." 



"The hybrid crabs are a strange and interesting lot. The apple business has beei 

 strangely neglected by plant breeders; but some day you or some one else will get the 

 string started and unroll a line of wonders such as is now about to revolutionize the 

 plum business. I was also interested in your "Ironclad" plum." — F. A. Waugh, Bur- 

 lington, Vt. 



"After careful trial we recommend it (Calla "Fragrance") as the sweetest and 

 most beautiful Dwarf Calla lily we have ever seen." — Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, 

 Penn. 



"Luther Burbank, that remarkably successful hybridizer, is turning his attention 

 to the production of hardy varieties for the northern States; and it is certainly grati- 

 fying to see what fine fruits he is securing." — Prof. F. A. Waugh in "Country Gentle- 

 man." 



"To discover truth is the best happiness of an individual; to communicate it, the 

 greatest blessing he can bestow upon society." — Townsend. 



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