NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 



from a different quarter in order to restore 

 their slowly ebbing virility. 



An illustration of this was seen in the case 

 of trees which would not withstand frost. He 

 took into account large areas of land generally 

 in varying strips running down along the 

 Atlantic seaboard, on by the Gulf of Mexico 

 and even up along the California coast, where 

 certain fruits, as the peach, nectarine and 

 plum, became problematical crops because of 

 the early frosts in the spring. By breeding 

 and selection, choosing for combination fruits 

 from a far colder climate, he produced fruit 

 trees of this type that will withstand absolute 

 freezing in bud, in flower, in infant fruit. 

 Even when the petals of the flower are stiff 

 with ice, they show no signs of wilting when 

 the sun has thawed them out. To make assur- 

 ance doubly sure, the trees were placed in 

 localities where heavy frosts came early, and 

 they splendidly withstood the freezing. 



The value of this work to the world is not 

 within estimate. The proximity of the sea- 

 coast regions mentioned to city markets, ren- 

 dering the production of such fruits at a very 

 early date in the spring a matter of direct 



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