cK&o Plum, "$irst" 
(No. 31,288 of 1899 New Creation) 
SECOND generation combination cross of Hawkeye, Hammer, Milton, 
Wyant, Wayland and Burbank. In introducing this new plum I con- 
fidently make the statement that it is the EARLIEST OF ALL PLUMS : 
ripening here June 15th, fully three weeks earlier than Red June; and also that 
it is the largest, handsomest and most productive of all very early plums. 
It is too soft and ripens too suddenly for shipping to distant markets, but its 
extreme earliness, large size and good quality make a combination of very unusual 
value. It blooms late and ripens in an incredibly short time after blooming, while 
fruit is scarce and all markets absolutely bare of plums ; even the little Cherry 
plum makes its appearance a week or more later. The fruit is of good medium 
size — as represented above — pale amber, faint blush on the sunny side, half trans- 
parent. Flesh same color, moderately firm, sweet, juicy and good, especially so 
when just at the right stage of ripeness. Tree of medium growth, never fails to 
produce all it can hold. 
It should prove very hardy, and for home use and near markets will be the 
most useful of all very early plums. A well-known California fruit grower 
offered Four Hundred Dollars (its weight in silver) for the small tree of 
"FIRST" three years ago. Grafting wood, per foot, $5; three feet, $9; 
five feet, $12 ; ten feet, $20. 
"In connection with these experiments a remarkable condition exists and that is 
the reverence the small boy has for Burbank fruit. No heart is strong enough to escape 
temptation, yet there is no necessity for enforcing precautions." — "Santa Rosa Repub- 
lican." 
"Mr. Burbank refers to his productions in the plant world as 'New Creations,' 
which they are. He has created some plants which, were they found wild, would be 
termed new species; perhaps new genera. He has opened the eyes of every intelligent 
horticulturist and botanist to possibilities hardly dreamed of before he presented his 
interesting work. Such a man is entitled to great respect from his fellow-men, and I 
should like to see a good and substantial monument erected to him in the nation's 
capital, for his 'Creations' are a blessing to all mankind." — Prof. S. B. Green, Minn. Agri- 
cultural College. 
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