FOREWORD TO VOLUME IV 
We begin, now, to take up with greater detail, 
practical combinations of method—particularly as 
applied toward producing new orchard fruits. In 
this volume Mr. Burbank has covered practically 
all the simple orchard fruits save the plum and the 
prune. 
Although the purpose, here as before, is to be as 
specific as possible, yet the facts are carried 
through in narrative form, showing, always, how 
the actual method employed fits into the scheme 
of work as outlined in Volumes I, II and III. 
From this volume the reader will glean much 
of practical interest and value from Mr. Burbank’s 
experience with laying out orchards, to making 
orchards pay, and to the practical management of 
orchards—with an eye always to the bearing of 
Mr. Burbank’s work upon the improvement of the 
human plant. 
THE EDITORS. 
