. 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. the cherry than any other fruit. Such being the case, it should be possible tohybridize this dwarf hardy species with thecherry. The tree has the further valuable prop-erty of being able to grow on dry, barren sands. Ahybrid
. 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. the cherry than any other fruit. Such being the case, it should be possible tohybridize this dwarf hardy species with thecherry. The tree has the further valuable prop-erty of being able to grow on dry, barren sands. Ahybrid cherry having this characteristic from oneof its ancestors might be expected to constitute afruit that would grow in regions too arid for theexisting cherry as well as in regions that are toocold. And this is but one of several lines of pos-sible development that invite the plant experi-menter who will give attention to this type ofcherry. To suggest one other line of improvement, itis sufficient to call attention to the familiar factthat the cherry has a very brief season. TheBurbank cherry fruits two or three weeks earlierthan others, as we have learned in another chap-ter. But even so the total period during whichcherries of different varieties are in fruit is verylimited. One hears reports of an exceptionalcherry tree that fruits a second time in the au- [102]. A Large, Late-Bearing Red Seedling The cherry here shown, developed like the others prev- ieusly shown, in Mr. Burbanks celebrated colony, differs from the one specifically called the Burbank. in that it is a very late bearer. The Burbank bears particularly early. It is desirable to extend the cherry season, and this variety has been preserved chiefly because of its lateness, although it has many Other desirable qualities, as the picture suggests. LUTHER BURBANK tumn. By the usual process of raising numerousseedlings, or by crossing and selection, a varietyhaving this fall-bearing habit might be value o
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