LUTHER BURBANK 
In any event the reappearance of the purple 
leaf, fully pigmented, after its submergence, af- 
fords another interesting illustration of the seg- 
regation of hereditary characters that we have 
repeatedly had occasion to note in connection with 
other experiments. 
Cousins FroM THE ORIENT 
Continuing the experiments in peach better- 
ment, I not unnaturally turned to the Orient for 
the material for further experiments in crossing. 
There is a double-flowering peach that has 
long been under cultivation in China and Japan. 
It is a slender, willowy tree, generally with droop- 
ing branches. The blossoms are about an inch and 
a quarter across, snowy white, or pink, or deep 
crimson. They are quite double, resembling little 
roses, and they are produced in great profusion. 
The trees, however, are dwarfed and ill-shaped; 
they are also peculiarly subject to mildew and 
curl-leaf. 
The fruit of the flowering peach is somewhat 
almond-shaped and unusually pointed. It has 
flesh of light color and a large stone. The fruit 
is hardly edible even when cooked. 
I have taken particular pains to cross this 
double flowering exotic with standard and the 
new cross bred peaches, and have succeeded in 
producing some fine varieties. The most striking 
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