LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 3 



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STRAWBERRIES SHOWING VARIATION ... 28 



A TYPICAL STONELESS PLUM 38 



DOUBLE SEEDS SOMETIMES TAKE THE PLACE 



OF A STONE 44 



THE ORIGINAL AND THE FINISHED PRODUCT 56 



A SIXTEEN- YEAR-OLD "ROYAL" WALNUT . . 62 



WOOD OF THE "ROYAL" WALNUT .... 66 



"PARADOX" WALNUT WOOD Two INCHES IN 



DIAMETER EACH YEAR 70 



VARIATION IN HYBRID WALNUT LEAVES . . 76 



HYBRID WALNUTS 80 



A GRAFTED WALNUT TREE 84 



A TYPICAL PLANT OF GIANT WINTER RHUBARB 92 



READY FOR SHIPMENT 106 



THE GIANT CHERRY 116 



THE ABUNDANCE CHERRY 128 



THE SUGAR PRUNE AND ITS PARENTS . . . 140 



A Luscious FRUIT . 150 



POTATO SEED BALLS 168 



LEAVES OF STRAWBERRY-RASPBERRY HYBRIDS 174 



COMPLETE KIT OF POLLENIZING TOOLS . . 188 



ONE OF THE ORIENTAL PEARS 194 



AMERICAN PEARS WITH BLENDED HEREDITIES 198 



TEN CORN VARIATIONS 202 



CORN TEOSINTE HYBRIDS SEVENTEEN FEET 



HIGH 206 



CORN SELF - POLLINATED AND CROSSED WITH 



TEOSINTE 210 



SOME STEMS OF BLACKBERRY-RASPBERRY HY- 

 BRIDS 218 



A SHIRLEY POPPY SHOWING REPRODUCTIVE 



ORGANS .... 230 



