FUZZY PEACHES AND SMOOTH- 
SKINNED NECTARINES 
Two Fruits Wuicu Bec ror More IMPROVEMENT 
R. BURBANK,” said a visitor, “you have 
M taken the thorns off the blackberry bush 
and the spines from the cactus. Now 
why can’t you take the fuzz off the peach? 
“Most of us don’t deal much with blackberry 
briers or with cactuses, spiny or otherwise; but 
we all eat peaches, and a good many of us would 
about as willingly bite into a spiny cactus as a 
fuzzy peach. If you will only take the wool off 
this otherwise perfect fruit, we will raise a monu- 
ment to you by popular subscription.” 
“But nature took the wool off the peach some 
thousands of years before you and I were born,” 
I answered; “and I have not heard of any monu- 
ments being erected in commemoration of the 
event.” 
“What in the world do you mean? A fuzzless 
peach—-who ever heard of such a thing?” 
[VoLumME IV—Cwapter V] 
