Excerpt from the Wenatchee Journal, Thursday, Aug. 5, 1937: 
NEW COT VARIETY 
Mr. H. Yount, of Rock Island, owner of the Riland Orchards, brought into The 
Journal office a new variety of apricot. It is a uniformly round fruit and according 
to Mr. Yount, attains a size that makes it particularly attractive for marketing pur¬ 
poses. The samples shown this writer were much larger than the usual cot and obvious¬ 
ly not fully developed. 
A deal of experimenting has been done with this cot, having been proven for one 
thing, that it is an excellent shipper. Mr. Yount says after the fruit was tree ripened, 
he kept it under conditions as near to transit conditions as possible for six weeks, and 
the flesh was still in excellent condition. "Firm as a green apple and yellow as gold,” 
was Mr. Yount’s poetical description. 
The parent tree, now 26 years old, is growing at an altitude of 2650 feet and was 
in no way effected by a 30 below temperature that killed so many fruit trees in the 
district. This one tree has produced as many as fifteen apple boxes in a season and 
is predicted by Mr. Yount to be the solution for lifting the district out of its soft 
fruit dilemma. 
Mr. M. McDonald, with the Oregon Nursery Co., and who is a familiar figure 
to all orchardists in this vicinity, is now introducing this new cot which has been 
named "Perfection.” 
It does seem that its size, even tree ripening, firmness and keeping qualities offer 
a combination that will be hard to beat. 
Corvallis, Ore. 
August 26, 1937 
Mr. M. McDonald, President 
Oregon Nursery Company 
2024 N. W. 26th Ave. 
Portland, Oregon 
Dear Mr. McDonald: 
Your letter and the apricot samples addressed to Professor Schuster were referred 
to me. 
This was my first opportunity to examine your Perfecion apricot and I was im¬ 
pressed with its appearance and quality. The fruit itself has unusual quality, the pit 
is comparatively small and the texture of the flesh is exceptionally good. The specimens 
held up in fine shape for nearly a week after they arrived here. Of course, I have not 
seen the tree and I am not familiar with its bearing habits, but judging the matter 
on the basis of the fruit this appears to be an unusual variety. 
Very sincerely yours, 
HENRY HARTMAN, 
Horticulturist, Oregon Experiment Station. 
Excerpt from the Wenatchee Daily World, Friday, April 15, 1938: 
"Waterville Cot Tree Father of Newest Variety. 'It was I who planted that seed,’ 
says Mrs. Bertha Goldbeck of Orchard Avenue. She planted it in the yard at the Gold- 
beck home in Waterville 27 years ago. It was over 20 years old before its qualities 
gained general notice, and now H. Yount, Rock Island growler who has been working 
with it, claims it is the coming apricot. 
The cot is hardy. Several years ago it w'ent through 28 below zero temperatures 
and bore heavily the following summer. Also it comes on early and the fruit is extreme¬ 
ly firm, Yount says. It can be left on the tree until tree-ripe, and still is firm enough 
to ship to New York and be on the markets several days before it will begin to break 
down, Yount asserts.” 
