NEW CREATIONS IN THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM. 



{Fig. 1855. — A branch from one of the seedlings of Prunus pumila grown at the 

 Central Farm by Mr. Craig.) 



yielding fruit in satisfactory quantity in 

 that climate. One Siberian crab, Pyrus 

 baccata, yielding fruit not much larger 

 than a cherry, has endured the climate 

 for five years at Brandon and Indian 

 Head. Mr. Saunders has taken in hand 

 to improve this crab in size and quality, 

 and has a number of cross-bred seed- 

 lings, the fruiting of which he awaits. 

 (See Fig. 1354.) 



He is also working to improve the 

 hardy Sand Cherry, Prunus pumila. 

 (See Fig. 1355.) 



So much for our Canadian workers in 



this most interesting field. A brief 

 glance at a few of the creations of Mr. 

 Luther Burbank of San Diego, CaUfor- 

 nia, who has been working for twenty- 

 Mve years, must suffice. One of his new 

 plums is named " Golden," a hybrid 

 between the American Chickasaw and 

 the Japanese Sweet Botan. Ellwanger 

 & Barry, of Rochester, N.Y., say of it, 

 " we never saw a more beautiful plum," 

 and S. D. Willard, of Geneva, N.Y., an 

 extensive grower of plums for market, 

 says, " in quality all that could be de- 

 sired." (See Fig. 1356.) 



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