. Luther Burbank, his methods and discoveries and their practical application;. Plant breeding. A Mosaic Leaf When a purple-leaved plum is hybridized with a green-leaved plum, the hybrids oj the first generation have green leaves, but purple leaves reappear among the varying hybrids oJ the second generation. Occasionally, however, a cross between purple-leaved and green-leaved varieties, where the varieties lie near the limits oJ affinity, results in a condition that might be described as a mosaic, the leaves par- taking oj the characteristics oj both ancestral strains. This picture illustrate
. Luther Burbank, his methods and discoveries and their practical application;. Plant breeding. A Mosaic Leaf When a purple-leaved plum is hybridized with a green-leaved plum, the hybrids oj the first generation have green leaves, but purple leaves reappear among the varying hybrids oJ the second generation. Occasionally, however, a cross between purple-leaved and green-leaved varieties, where the varieties lie near the limits oJ affinity, results in a condition that might be described as a mosaic, the leaves par- taking oj the characteristics oj both ancestral strains. This picture illustrates such a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926; Whitson, John; John, Robert; Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943; Luther Burbank society. New York, London, Luther Burbank Press
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