. Luther Burbank, his methods and discoveries and their practical application; . ityfor improvement that is particularly inviting—thepossibility of producing a stoneless peach. The desirability of such a development, fromthe standpoint of the peach consumer, requiresno demonstration. From the standpoint of thetree itself, a reduction in the stone would behighly important. It costs a peach tree to producea pound of stones probably as much as to producemany pounds of pulp. The drain on the vitality of the tree in pro-ducing the stone that it no longerneeds must takefrom it in some measure the ca
. Luther Burbank, his methods and discoveries and their practical application; . ityfor improvement that is particularly inviting—thepossibility of producing a stoneless peach. The desirability of such a development, fromthe standpoint of the peach consumer, requiresno demonstration. From the standpoint of thetree itself, a reduction in the stone would behighly important. It costs a peach tree to producea pound of stones probably as much as to producemany pounds of pulp. The drain on the vitality of the tree in pro-ducing the stone that it no longerneeds must takefrom it in some measure the capacity for produc-tion of fruit pulp that it might otherwise have. The hybridizing experiments with the almondhave influenced the stone of the fruit in a sug-gestive w-ay. Some of my hybrid peaches have akernel that is almost as sweet and edible as thekernel of the almond. As yet I have not secureda peach having really good quality of flesh com-bined with the edible seed. Butfliat this combi-nation might be effected, if one were to select forit, admits of no question. [168]. 2. B a a <Q 3*«-. R O I- ft 3 LUTHER BURBANK And a peach retaining its recognized qualitiesof flesh and having at its center an edible nut likethe almond with thin shell would obviously be adesirable acquisition. Such a combination of fruit and nut would bedoubly desirable if the stone that surrounds thekernel can be eliminated as it has been eliminatedin the stoneless plums. As yet very little has been accomplished in thisdirection. There is, to be sure, a Bolivian peachwhich is remarkable in that it has a globular stonevery little larger than a good-sized pea. The fruititself is of intermediate size and poor quality;moreover, it is produced sparselyj and the tree ispeculiarly subject to the peach maladies. Thefruit has been thought hardly worth crossing withour ordinary peaches on account of its inferiorqualities, yet the diminutive stone suggests that itwould be possible by such crossing to produce
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