Plumcot (1903)

[Herbert Stahlke]

How does a plumcot differ from a pluot (2/3 plum 1/3 apricot) or an aprium
(1/3 apricot 2/3 plum)?

Herb



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   "Plumcot" is not in either OED or M-W.  There are 895 Google hits.
   Etymology would be a "plum" job--but I don't get plums, either.
   The online LOS ANGELES TIMES should hit this one out of the park, but
it's not our earliest.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
      LUTHER BURBANK AND HIS METHODS
              Christian Science Monitor  (1908-Current file).       Boston,
Mass.: Jul 24, 1915.                   p. 18 (1 page):
   Greater than the aesthetic pleasure of having produced the Shasta Daisy
and the Plumcot, must be the satisfaction of knowing that civilization is
beginning to penetrate some of the waterless solitudes of the earth by means
of the Spinless Cactus.


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
1.
      NEW FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
              Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File).       Los Angeles,
Calif.: May 17, 1904.                   p. A8 (1 page):
   The so-called plumcot, which we may all be eating with gusto in a year or
two, is a result of the happy union between father apricot and mother plum.

2.
      HINTS FROM CONSULS.
              Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File).       Los Angeles,
Calif.: Mar 12, 1905.                   p. VI9 (1 page)

3.
      OTHER REVIEWS.
       A TIMES REVIEWER..       Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File).
Los Angeles, Calif.: Apr 2, 1905.                   p. VI12 (1 page)

4.
      PLUMCOT" IS OUR NEWEST.
              Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File).       Los Angeles,
Calif.: Apr 9, 1905.                   p. II1 (1 page)

5.
      Table of Contents 1 -- No Title
              Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File).       Los Angeles,
Calif.: Apr 9, 1905.                   p. I1 (1 page)

6.
      Editorial Article 3 -- No Title
              Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File).       Los Angeles,
Calif.: Apr 9, 1905.                   p. II4 (1 page)

7.
      BURBANK'S CREATIONS.
              Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File).       Los Angeles,
Calif.: Feb 26, 1906.                   p. I20 (1 page)



(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)
1.
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              The Washington Post  (1877-1954).       Washington, D.C.: Apr
24, 1904.                   p. B6 (1 page):
   The plumcot is a hybrid of the plum and apricot produced on the
California ranch of Mr. Luther Burbank, who has raised stoneless plums and
prunes, white blackberries, daisies four inches across, and amuryllis
blossoms ten inches in diameter.  The plumcot has the general form of the
apricot and the same outside appearance, but is more highly colored than
either a plum or an apricot.  It has a soft skin and an indescribably
delicious flavor.

2.
      LEAPED TO THE FRONT
       EDWARD.       The Washington Post  (1877-1954).       Washington,
D.C.: May 30, 1904.                   p. 4 (1 page)

3.
      WIZARDS WITH FRUITS.
              The Washington Post  (1877-1954).       Washington, D.C.: Jun
5, 1904.                   p. B6 (1 page)

4.
      BURBANK, THE WIZARD.
              The Washington Post  (1877-1954).       Washington, D.C.: Feb
26, 1905.                   p. E10 (1 page)

5.
      MAGICIAN OF PLANTS
              The Washington Post  (1877-1954).       Washington, D.C.: Apr
9, 1905.                   p. E10 (1 page)


(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES ONLINE)
1.
      Luther Burbank Devotes His Time to the Origination of New Forms of
Plant Life
              Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine (1868-1935).       San
Francisco: Mar 1914.       Vol. VOL. LXIII, Iss. No. 3;             p. 310
(5 pages)

2.
      THE RECENT WORK OF LUTHER BURBANK.
       BY BILEY M. PLETCHER BERRY..       Scientific American (1845-1908).
New York: Apr 11, 1908.       Vol. Vol. XCVIII., Iss. No. 15.;
p. 260 (3 pages)

3.
      How Luther Burbank Creates New Flowers
       By W. S. Harwood.       The Ladies' Home Journal (1889-1907).
Philadelphia: May 1907.       Vol. Volume XXIV,, Iss. Number 6;
p. 11 (2 pages)

4.
      Burbank's Recent Experiments.
              Scientific American (1845-1908).       New York: Feb 10, 1906.
Vol. Vol. XCIV., Iss. No. 6.;             p. 130 (1 page)

5.
      Burbank, the Horticultural Wizard
              Current Literature (1888-1912).       New York: Aug 1905.
Vol. VOL. XXXIX,, Iss. No. 2;             p. 212 (2 pages)

6.
      A WONDER-WORKER OF SCIENCE
       BY WILLIAM S. HARWOOD.       Century Illustrated Magazine
(1881-1906).       New York: Apr 1905.       Vol. VOL. LXIX, Iss. No. 6;
p. 821 (17 pages)

7.
      A WONDER-WORKER OF SCIENCE
       BY WILLIAM S. HARWOOD.       Century Illustrated Magazine
(1881-1906).       New York: Mar 1905.       Vol. VOL. LXIX, Iss. No. 5;
p. 656 (17 pages)

8.
      Article 1 -- No Title
              Current Literature (1888-1912).       New York: Feb 1905.
Vol. VOL. XXXVIII., Iss. No. 2;             p. 143 (2 pages)

9.
      Nature. In and Out-of-Doors
              Current Literature (1888-1912).       New York: Oct 1904.
Vol. VOL. XXXVII.,, Iss. No.4;             p. 364 (4 pages)

10.
      KING OF HORTICULTURE
              Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine (1868-1935).       San
Francisco: Sep 1903.       Vol. Vol.XLII., Iss. No 3.;             p. 0_015
(8 pages)
Pg. 16:  Entirely new fruits, as the plumcot, a cross between the plum and
apricot.


(JSTOR)
Newly-Wedded Words
Lester V. Berrey
American Speech, Vol. 14, No. 1. (Feb., 1939), pp. 3-10.
Pg. 6:  It is this principle--and quite appropriately so--which has given
name to a great many hybrid plants and animals, like the "pomato,"
"citrange," "tangelo," "plumcot," "zebrule," and "zebrass."