A Row of Plum 
Seedlings 
It will be seen 
that some of these 
seedlings have outstripped 
the others in the matter ef 
growth, and in luxuriance 
of foliage. Experience 
has shown that seedlings 
that thus start out well 
are likely to continue 
their relatively rapid 
growth and to make far 
better trees than the 
stunted ones beside them. 
A knowledge of the quali- 
ties of the seedling en- 
ables Mr. Burbank to se- 
lect at an early stage the 
ones that are to be pre- 
served, thus making ez- 
periments of an elaborate 
character, on a rela- 
tively small land 
area. 
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