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 . Step in rj Choosing the Lines of n-t A Survey of rry —On Seedlings and qq Short-cuts to 1 j< C -Nature WUl Help Us -t q— Easy Ways to _ oj^Q VIII Recording the Experiments —Easy Ways to Keep Track of Progress . . IX Final Selection —The MostWork of All The Most Important 07C List of Direct Color Photograph Prints 305 Foreword to Volume III With many examples of the actual work beforeu
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 . Step in rj Choosing the Lines of n-t A Survey of rry —On Seedlings and qq Short-cuts to 1 j< C -Nature WUl Help Us -t q— Easy Ways to _ oj^Q VIII Recording the Experiments —Easy Ways to Keep Track of Progress . . IX Final Selection —The MostWork of All The Most Important 07C List of Direct Color Photograph Prints 305 Foreword to Volume III With many examples of the actual work beforeus, Mr. Burbank now takes us into the interestingdetail of method itself, treating the subjects ofpollenation, grafting, plant affinities, fixing traits,selection, and spreading before us all of theprocesses which he has employed in his more than100,000 separate experiments. The purpose has been to lead the reader, byeasy and interesting stages, up to a point wherea delineation of the actual processes may be mostreadily grasped. This, the third book, completesthe consideration of general method, and with thetwo preceding volumes gives us an intelligentsurvey of Mr. Burbanks work. THE A Burbank Strawberry This picture represents a Jruit that was developed in accordance with Mr. Burbanks preconception as to what a perfect strawberry would be like. It is remarkably symmetrical in shape, of just the right size, and its qualities oj firmness oj texture and of flavor are ideal. It is the product of a long series of experiments in selective breeding. John Burroughs pronounced it the best strawberry he had ever eaten. Planning A New Plant The First Steps in Practical Work SOMEONE has said that a painter is a manwho can see the picture in the similar fashion it may be said that asuccessful plant experimenter is one who can seenew varieties of future plants when he looks atold existing varieties. But of course the painter, whatever his con-structive imaginat
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