min^m 



A Stalwart Infant 



The seedling cherry here shown, putting Jorth its solid 



clusters 0/ blossoms while only knee-high, illustrates two or three 



0/ the characteristic qualities of the fi"'-^^"^^''^''"'' V"f "", '°1 



^ qualities of early and prolific bearing ^[■^'"'^''fZTh?.^ 



selects with these qualities in mmd, with the result that his 



orchard trees generally bearjruit at ajar earlier age 



than ordinary ones. This precocious 



little sapling is a typical plant in 



Mr. Burbank's gardens. 



