94 LUTHER BURBANK 



But in matter of flavor there is still oppor- 

 tunity for indefinite variation. European cul- 

 tivators have produced remarkably pleasing and 

 varied flavors in this fruit. An illustration of 

 how the flavor of a fruit may be radically modi- 

 fied is furnished by my Apple plum, which, 

 while retaining the characteristic attributes of its 

 race, curiously simulates the apple in the matter 

 of form and color and even in taste and texture. 



Another instance is my Bartlett plum, which 

 out-Bartletts the Bartlett pear in its own peculiar 

 quality and flavor. Yet others are the Pineapple 

 quince, which has the flavor and fragrance of the 

 pineapple itself, and the Sunberry, which has the 

 exact flavor of the blueberry. 



Corresponding modifications of the pear as 

 well as of all other fruits lie within reach of the 

 patient experimenter. 



LEAVING OUT THE COKE 



But perhaps the most inviting field of all, in 

 connection with the possible development of or- 

 chard fruits, is that having to do not with the 

 form or texture or flavor of the pulp, but with 

 the seed of the fruit. 



Of course, it must not be overlooked that, from 

 the standpoint of the fruit itself, or rather from 

 the standpoint of the tree on which it grows, the 



