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nunciation of the most primitive and important 

 of all plant functions, that of seed bearing, which 

 has developed under cultivation within the past 

 half century. 



But among orchard fruits the stoneless plum 

 is the only example of a plant that has been thus 

 profoundly modified although a seedless (but 

 not colorless) apple and pear, in the experimen- 

 tal stage of development, have been announced. 

 These examples, however, are stimulative. They 

 show that the possibilities of cooperating with 

 nature are almost limitless ; and it is hardly to be 

 doubted that the plant experimenters of the not 

 distant future will carry out the process of mak- 

 ing all our orchard fruit seedless and colorless. 



As stated before, this is doubtless one of the 

 most important matters that present themselves 

 for the fruit developer. It is a field in which 

 there is room for all and the allurements of 

 which should prove inviting to a vast number of 

 workers. 



When you work with fruit trees 

 you are making permanent records 

 reaching out your hands to fu- 

 ture generations erecting a monu- 

 ment that will remain long after 

 you are gone. 



