MEN WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED. 



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Fig. 2346. Hybrid Plum, Golden, and its 



Male Parent, Robinson 



(both life size). 



of the unaided hand as the instrument of pol- 

 lination, Mr. Burbank has not only vastly 

 simplified and made more expeditions the 

 act of pollination, but there is also involved 

 a profound tribute to the superiority of the 

 trained hand in directness and delicacy for 

 what lies within its unaided scope. Recourse 

 to instruments and appliances is often 

 essential, but in many lines of human effort, 

 the direct contact of the finger tip works. 



The seed resulting- from such pollination 

 is of course gathered with greatest care, and 

 from these seedlings are produced perhaps 

 thousands, of which only an occasional one 

 is selected as giving promise of value. 



Results. — One object in view was to ob- 

 tain varieties that would be more produc- 

 tive ; and by mingling the native American 



with Japanese plums, a new era in plum cul- 

 ture has been introduced. For example our 

 illustration shows one of the new hybrids, 

 the '* Golden," a hybrid between the Robin- 

 son (American Chicasaw) and the Japanese 

 Sweet Botan. (Fig. 2346). 



An example of the successful crossing of 

 different genera, usually thought impossi- 

 ble, is seen in the blackberry and raspberry 

 crosses, some of which are likely to prove 

 of value to the fruit grower, one of which is 

 shown in Fig. 2343, a hybrid berry, grown 

 from seed on improved California Dewberry, 

 fertilized by the well known Cuthbert rasp- 

 berry. Wonderful changes in color, flavor 

 and aroma have been secured, as for exam- 

 ple, the Bartlett plum, and Pine-apple 

 quince ; and still more surprising changes 



Fig. 2347. Vine of Bouganvillea. 

 (See frontispiece.) 



