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in plant breeding and startle the world with his accomplishments, 

 until, as Edison is known as the "Wizard of Electricity," Burbank 

 is called the "Wizard of Horticulture." 



For forty years we have been taking advantage of what nature 

 has done, selecting those varieties that have shown themselves to be 

 best suited to our conditions here in Minnesota. Our success has 

 been very encouraging, and yet, as I view it now, we could have done 

 very much more if we had understood and practiced the principles of 



Seedling apple tree in bearing on grounds of Jewell Nursery Co. grown from seed of 

 Northwestern Greening. 



plant breeding. How much easier it should be now to do this ! 

 Others have "blazed the trail," and it will not be so difficult for us 

 to follow the path. It is a wide field which lies open for the student 

 to enter. Naturally, I am most interested in that portion which is 

 devoted to horticulture for Minnesota. No other state in the union 

 has so much to encourage plant breeding. If we cannot take it up 

 in the scientific way of Luther Burbank, we have fhe very practical 

 example of Mr. Perkins. He planted a Malinda. surrounded it with 



