. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. 1905 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 171 BUEBANK. The Burbank is one of the best of the Japanese plums for the commercial orchard, on account of its beauty, its great productiveness, and its excellent shipping quality. Oeigin ; It was in 1885 that Mr. Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa, California, imported some plum trees from Japan and, when they fruited, he selected this as one of the best and most worthy of proxiagation. In 1891 he sent samples to the Department of Agriculture at Washington and the Pomologist of the Department named it Burbank, after the introducer. Th
. The fruits of Ontario. Fruit-culture. 1905 FRUITS OF ONTARIO. 171 BUEBANK. The Burbank is one of the best of the Japanese plums for the commercial orchard, on account of its beauty, its great productiveness, and its excellent shipping quality. Oeigin ; It was in 1885 that Mr. Luther Burbank of Santa Rosa, California, imported some plum trees from Japan and, when they fruited, he selected this as one of the best and most worthy of proxiagation. In 1891 he sent samples to the Department of Agriculture at Washington and the Pomologist of the Department named it Burbank, after the introducer. This plum has been before us for ten years and notwithstanding the great number of Japanese varieties now sold by nurserymen, still holds the highest pjlace. Compared with the Domestica class, the Japanese are inferior in quality, but, when fully ripjened, are fairly good eating. Like the Kieffer pear, the Burbank plum is making its reputation rather on quantity than on quality. TuEE : hardy ; a very vigorous, wayward grower, making a very badly shaped tree, unless severely headed back and kept within bounds ; an early and most abundant bearer; the fiuit needs thinning to secure good 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 Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto : printed by L. K. Cameron
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