. Luther Burbank, his methods and discoveries and their practical application; . l habit. It requires no very great powers of propheticvision to forecast a day when a large number offruits that now are known only in sub-tropicalzones will have made their way, under guidanceof the plant developer, across many degrees oflatitude that at present seem l|ke impassablebarriers. The Feijoa (pronounced fay-zho-a) or fig guava(Feijoa Sellowiana) from Brazil, a vigorous fruit-ing shrub; the Cherimoya (Anona cherimolia)from the Central American highlands, which hasbeen classed with the pineapple and the
. Luther Burbank, his methods and discoveries and their practical application; . l habit. It requires no very great powers of propheticvision to forecast a day when a large number offruits that now are known only in sub-tropicalzones will have made their way, under guidanceof the plant developer, across many degrees oflatitude that at present seem l|ke impassablebarriers. The Feijoa (pronounced fay-zho-a) or fig guava(Feijoa Sellowiana) from Brazil, a vigorous fruit-ing shrub; the Cherimoya (Anona cherimolia)from the Central American highlands, which hasbeen classed with the pineapple and the mango-steen as making up the trio of the worlds finestfruits; the Australian Macadamia (Macadamiaternifolia), prized for both fruit and nut; theNatal Plum (Carissa grandiflora.) from SouthAfrica, with its fragrant flowers and scarlet fruit;and the White Sapote (Casimirva edulis) fromMexico with quince-like fruit of unique flavor—these are among the tropical and sub-tropicalproducts that have come to us within recent yearsand that promise to make secure place for them- [302]. Plant of the Alligator Pear Mr. Burbank is now experimenting actively with the de-velopment of the alligator pear. The specimen here shown isa seedling which has withstood the rigors of one of the coldest Callfornia winters, suggesting that the plant mag become harduas far north as Santa Rosa. There is promise ofmarked improvement tn this inieresting fruit. LUTHER BURBANK selves among well-prized fruits of orchard andmarket. And there are others yet to come. Meantime I should not like to predict as towhich among the fruits that now are confinedsolely to the region of the Gulf of Mexico and toSouthern California as their northern limits, maynot within a century be growing and bearingluxuriantly in the region of the Grreat Lakes. [End of Volume IV] —It should be recalled thatall of our fruits, even thehardiest ones that now pene-trate to the Arctic zone, musthave come originally from thetropics. List of D
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