. 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. ealthy tree, bearing aprofusion of bright pink flowers, has obvious or-namental value. But in addition to this, this newvariety bears an abundance of fruit, large in size,and almond-shaped, which is of fairly good qual-ity w
. 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. ealthy tree, bearing aprofusion of bright pink flowers, has obvious or-namental value. But in addition to this, this newvariety bears an abundance of fruit, large in size,and almond-shaped, which is of fairly good qual-ity when fresh, although scarcely to be comparedwith standard peaches, but which when cookedis probably unsurpassed by any peach, having adelightful almond flavor. This particular variety is a cross of the crim-son flowering oriental peach and the hybrid Muirpeach, and is a product of the first generation. Especial interest attaches to the results ofcrossing the oriental peaches with peaches of theoccidental stock because, as in the case of so manyother fruits, the peach of the Orient is widelydivergent from the European type, althoughdoubtless both have the same remote origin. Asin the case of our other chief fruits, the nativehome of the peach was doubtless southern andcentral Asia and eastern Europe, and there wasa double migration in prehistoric days which re- [164]. 1 c I c a.~. t« a • -a a <. s 3 o^ p. «» • ^2? ^5. * Co 3 * S 2. H c f* -» ^ <« a **~ 3 <:~. u - 3 O O 5.*! <3- C - S LUTHER BURBANK suited in stocking China with peaches of one typeand Europe with quite another. The peach most commonly grown in the UnitedStates is usually spoken of as belonging to thePersian race. The Chinese type of peach has beenvariously tested in California, and for the mostpart found wanting. The chief defect of the Ori-ental variety is the pointed almond shape of itsfruit, and susceptibility to mildew and curl-leaf. It will be recalled that the oriental pear showedpre
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