LUTHER BURBANK 
the best varieties of apples theretofore originated 
in Australia and New Zealand. 
It was necessary to graft these cions into older 
trees to test the fruit, and some very curious re- 
sults were observed. 
Most of these new varieties from another 
hemisphere appeared to be surprised to find the 
winter over so soon and the spring now opening 
upon them. Some varieties immediately put out 
buds and blossoms and continued to do so at inter- 
vals throughout the summer; others stubbornly 
declined to bud or blossom until nearly the begin- 
ning of the following spring. For two or three 
years thereafter all seemed quite confused and 
disturbed by the transposition of the seasons; but 
ultimately they became adjusted to the new order 
of things. One or two of them have proved to 
be unusually fine apples, and are now thriving 
well in northern Sonoma and Mendocina Coun- 
ties. 
About 1894 I began experimenting with our 
native crabs, crossing them with pollen of our best 
cultivated apples, more to see what would result 
than with any expectation of securing improved 
commercial varieties. 
One striking result was produced by using the 
pollen of the Gravenstein. Numerous seedlings 
were thus produced from this little native crab. 
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