Luther Burbank, his methods and discoveries and their practical application; prepared from his original field notes covering more than 100,000 experiments made during forty years devoted to plant improvement . paths. Thrip and the aphides arebest destroyed by fumigating the houses once aweek or twice a month with tobacco smoke; thefrequency may be regulated according to theabundance and the persistence of the enemy. All in all, it is a severe gauntlet that thelittle seedling is called upon to pass. Yet if themethods described in this chapter are carefullyfollowed out, it is possible to grow su
Luther Burbank, his methods and discoveries and their practical application; prepared from his original field notes covering more than 100,000 experiments made during forty years devoted to plant improvement . paths. Thrip and the aphides arebest destroyed by fumigating the houses once aweek or twice a month with tobacco smoke; thefrequency may be regulated according to theabundance and the persistence of the enemy. All in all, it is a severe gauntlet that thelittle seedling is called upon to pass. Yet if themethods described in this chapter are carefullyfollowed out, it is possible to grow successfullyany seed, from whatever climate or soil or loca-tion, that has the least germ of life within it. These methods have been successfully usedwith the seeds I am constantly receiving fromnumerous collectors in Siberia, Brazil, Chili,Argentina, Patagonia, Mexico, Central America,the Philippine Islands, Alaska, British Columbia,North and South Africa, Europe, India, SouthSea Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Central andWestern China, Japan, and Korea. By sedulous attention to the details above out-lined, the raising of seedlings becomes so certaina procedure that the loss should not exceed one [141]. Protecting Test Corn From the Breezes To prevent a plant with a tall slender stalk from swaying about too much, a string may be tied about the stalk in the way here shoum. This hybrid corn is oj a gigantic variety developed by Mr. Burbank, and it grows so rapidly that there is particular danger oj injury jrom the wind. QUANTITY PRODUCTION plant in a hundred. And this, obviously, is a mostimportant consideration, especially with rareforeign seeds or seeds produced by hybridizingexperiments that have involved exceptional careand labor. To such priceless stock, any amountof time and labor may be given even in planting common nursery stock onesoon learns that a thorough knowledge of therequirements of the plants is essential to success,and that cheap, careless work
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