. Complimentary banquet in honor of Luther Burbank. Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926; Plant breeding. Gjmplimcntary Banquet to Luther Burbank educational and other institutions; bankers, merchants, busi- ness men of many occupations; representatives of the Press, artists, men from all the learned professions, workers in varied industries; horticulturists, gardeners and farmers, whose pursuits have been especially ennobled and widened by his patience and genius—in short, no higher compliment could be paid our guest in the personnel of an assemblage than has been paid him by those who are here to-nigh
. Complimentary banquet in honor of Luther Burbank. Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926; Plant breeding. Gjmplimcntary Banquet to Luther Burbank educational and other institutions; bankers, merchants, busi- ness men of many occupations; representatives of the Press, artists, men from all the learned professions, workers in varied industries; horticulturists, gardeners and farmers, whose pursuits have been especially ennobled and widened by his patience and genius—in short, no higher compliment could be paid our guest in the personnel of an assemblage than has been paid him by those who are here to-night to do him honor. They might be more numerous but could not be more truly representative. And, my friends, there is every reason why this should be so. Many of Mr. Burbank's achievements have become a part of that industry which has made California famous throughout the civilized globe, and that has taken and will ever hold, first place among the agricultural industries of this great State. When Horace Greeley visited the Santa Clara Valley in 1857, he stated in one of his letters to the New York Trib- une that "fruit growing was destined to become the future glory of ; Mr. Greeley saw \^'ith unerring prevision that here were climate and soil in such happy combination, as to give fruit growing a commercial advantage not possessed elsewhere in the United States. Mr. Burbank early in his career discovered that he could here carry on his life work in the open field instead of in the conservatory, and under the protection of artificial heat, in the rigorous climate of New England; and so the State be- came enriched by his presence and his labors amongst us. I must not violate the proprieties of the occasion by dealing much with statistics. But there are a few figures it would be well to remember, for they point the rapid evo- lution of horticulture in California; they also show the . 2 . .. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images
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