LUTHER BURBANK 
sequential, which has the delightful flavor our 
plans and specifications call for. 
Let us take not one of each of these types, but 
a number of them, and then when they have 
bloomed, let us, by hand, cross them back and 
forth, making in all, we will say, five hundred 
crosses; each tied with a certain color of string 
for the purpose of later identification. 
The petals of the blossoms which we have 
crossed will fall away; long stems bearing green 
cherries will begin to take their place; and finally, 
the twigs which we have marked with strings will 
tempt us with their ripened fruit. 
There is an interesting legend of the French 
girls who used to take apple boughs in blossom 
and shake the pollen over the apple flowers of 
another tree, a legend of the wonderful variation 
in the apples which they secured. 
And here and there in our work we shall see 
exceptions to the general rule, which seem to 
prove that the French legend perhaps was founded 
on fact. 
These exceptions, which will form the basis of 
an interesting series of experiments for us later, 
need have no bearing on our present cherry work. 
For, as a matter of practical fact, we shall 
find no outward evidence of our work. The 
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