. 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, with the assistance of the Luther Burbank Society and its entire membership, under the editorial direction of John Whitson and Robert John and Henry Smith Williams. matters will, of course, receive atten-tion from the plant experimenter who endeavorsto improve this fruit at the same time that he isconsidering the question of hardiness of blossom,although the latter quality deserves pre-
. 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, with the assistance of the Luther Burbank Society and its entire membership, under the editorial direction of John Whitson and Robert John and Henry Smith Williams. matters will, of course, receive atten-tion from the plant experimenter who endeavorsto improve this fruit at the same time that he isconsidering the question of hardiness of blossom,although the latter quality deserves pre-eminentattention. Fitting the Apricot to New Climates The apricot, both as a canned and as a driedproduct, is becoming better known and morehighly appreciated year by year. If a varietycould be produced that would grow in wider terri-tories, unimpaired by the vicissitudes of tempera-ture of our north central states, this fruit wouldprobably become as important as the apple and asextensively grown. And enough has already beenaccomplished to justify us in asserting that theprospect of extending the culture of this fruit intoterritories that are now prohibited is extremelygood. Already there is a variety of medium sizecalled the Royal that grows in many regions whereother apricots refuse to produce fruit, and thereare a few other varieties that somewhat approach [262]. B 2. p 3 3-*n «> Its. ^.5O 3 V ~.* a. n> 3 . _-» D o It: <* S2 b5 5 5-- \r- ~ ~. <^ i* T Srg S-Nn 3 (^ c% ^»-^ * s • *^ -^ 3 !? c ;? 5 ^ ^ o- ~^ a o ? 3 a 5* ?< a c 3O n <« I O 3 S -» « S. 3 a aT<o -I 0 3 <s a i c _ 2 a a re 2 3~ 2. » r- s 2: ia != *= > 2 ,^ i* =-. ^ 3 £•3a <a (• I S: 3< aa •a 2•a *^ o ^ Coft, c ft ^ 53 LUTHER BURBANK it. These offer special material for further selec-tion, and by combining such selection with skilfulhybridizing the plant experimenter should be ableto produce an apricot that will stand quite un-rivaled among the sto
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