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ultimately be produced there can be little doubt. 

 When we reflect on the long gap that separates 

 the peach of to-day from its primitive wild 

 ancestor, we need not regard such further devel- 

 opment as that just suggested as being very 

 formidable. 



But, of course, there is a time element that 

 cannot be ignored. 



So here, as with other orchard fruits, it is only 

 such experimenters as have the gift of patience 

 who can enter the field with prospect of success. 



Granted that endowment, however, and a rea- 

 sonable comprehension of the principles of plant 

 breeding already presented, any intelligent ama- 

 teur may undertake experiments in the further 

 education of the peach that may well lead to 

 results of the highest interest and of notable 

 economic importance. 



The peach with its luscious 

 meat, the nectarine with its smooth 

 skin, the almond with its delight- 

 ful kernel, and the stoneless plum 

 with its unsheathed seed who 

 will breed these together and thus 

 produce a unique and valuable 

 fruit-nut? 



