'How to Judge Novelties" (I Reply) "Look to Their Source" 
Forty-nine of the ninety-six new plums introduced by others are like 
the above, mostly of the Japanese type or their hybrids. The Orient, Red 
June, Ogon, Gonzales and Normand are sometimes still generally catalogued. 
How often do you see the others of this same type mentioned? They are 
as follows : 
Kerr 
Waugh 
Babcock 
Berger 
Qhase 
Yeddo 
Douglas 
Furujiva 
Holland 
Georgeson 
Hon-smomo 
Hattankio 
Preserver 
Sagetsuma 
Wassu 
Six Weeks 
White Kelsey 
Williard 
Yates 
Yone-momo 
Yone-sumomo 
Lutts 
Red May 
Nagate 
Yellow Nagate 
Marietta 
Terrell 
Goose-O 
Kel-balan 
Kel-myro 
Kel-raba 
Berkmans 
Ragland 
Engre 
Earliest of All 
Strawberry 
White Japan 
Watson 
Sumomo 
Nona 
Excelsior 
Wasse Botaniko 
Maru 
Yosebe 
Gonzales 
Orient 
Red June 
Ogon 
Normand 
The other forty-seven which have been introduced by other parties are of 
various parentage, mostly Prunus Americana and Primus domestica. Where 
are the bulk of these also now catalogued as standards, and who grows them? 
All or one hundred per cent, of my own introductions are quite gen- 
erally now catalogued by nurserymen and widely planted by growers, and 
at least fifteen of them are grown by the carload for shipping, by the most 
critical, intelligent and extensive growers of several continents, while less 
than twelve per cent, of all others have survived the tests of growers, dealers 
and consumers. I have not the least desire to make adverse comparisons 
with the producers or introducers of the various new plums, for whom I 
have the deepest sympathy and admiration ; yet, owing- to the false and 
malicious statements of the editor of a certain New York City agricultural 
paper, feel impelled to state the facts as above, otherwise, they would per- 
haps never have been investigated. 
HOW TO JUDGE NOVELTIES— LOOK TO THEIR SOURCE 
The old standard "Tragedy" Prune is too well known to all California 
fruit growers, shippers and eastern dealers to need description. Its large 
size, extreme earliness, beauty, quality and ability to stand the long trans- 
continental trip have made it very popular, and yet the tree generally fails 
to produce a good crop at least half the time, and in many localities is a 
flat failure all the time. 
Its several good qualities induced me to cross it with the Sugar Prune. 
