The Earliest Cherry- 

 By further experiments in selective breeding, Mr. Bur- 

 bank has developed a cherry that is even earlier than the one that 

 bears his name. This new cherry is of handsome form and color and a 

 profuse bearer, as the illustration shows. There is, of course, a limit 

 to the development of the habit of early bearing, but what this limit 

 is can be determined only by long series of experiments m 

 selective breeding. Mr. Burbank is constantly on the 

 lookout for individual fruits that show peculiar 

 qualities, and these are carefully preserved 

 as material for further experiments. 



