. 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, with the assistance of the Luther Burbank Society and its entire membership, under the editorial direction of John Whitson and Robert John and Henry Smith Williams. ch will combinesize, quality, rapid growth, and first seedlings fruited at about the age of threeyears from seed, some not until the fourth j^ear. The better varieties of the loquat are quiteoften grafted o
. 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, with the assistance of the Luther Burbank Society and its entire membership, under the editorial direction of John Whitson and Robert John and Henry Smith Williams. ch will combinesize, quality, rapid growth, and first seedlings fruited at about the age of threeyears from seed, some not until the fourth j^ear. The better varieties of the loquat are quiteoften grafted or budded on common quince stock,on which the trees thrive as well apparently, as ifon their own roots. This would indicate the pos-sibility (but not necessarily the probability) ofcrossing the loquat and the quince. So far as my experience indicates, the loquat [270] ON THE APRICOT AND THE LOQUAT is perfectly self-fertile. It is readily crossed andyields rather promptly to efforts at its improve-ment. There is every probability that it will be-come a much more important fruit in the nearfuture. And among our minor orchard fruitsthere are few, if any, that offer better opportuni-ties for the amateur plant experimenter. —There is no single problemof orchard fruit developmentthat offers possibilities ofgreater importance than thedevelopment of a Vi Fruit of the Guava The Guava is a sub-tropical fruit that has only recently* fc; ^o in California, and in our southern is chiefly known in temperate climates as the producer of a veryadmirable jelly of unusual piquancy and unique quality. Very littlehas been done hitherto in the way of improving the fruit, butnow that it is claiming the attention of the plant devel-oper. It will doubtless be greatly modified. Unfor-tunately it is too tender to be grown anywherein the United States except along thePacific Coast and about the Gulf. Citrus Fruits—And FruitsFrom the Tropics New Experiments Well Worth Tryi
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