242 LUTHER BURBANK 



Seedlings having leaves that are large, thick, 

 dark green, and glossy, and that show prominent 

 rounded buds and upright branches with thick, 

 bright wood are those that may be expected to 

 produce the largest and finest fruit. 



Worthless seedlings are known by the oppo- 

 site characters. Seedlings having small, knotted, 

 twisted wood; slender, small, sharp buds; long 

 joints; woolly, wild-looking leaves, and irregular 

 rambling tendency of growth should be rejected, 

 as they will very rarely produce fruit of any 

 value. 



There are notable exceptions to these rules of 

 correlation between twig and foliage and fruit 

 quality, but, as a rule, the qualities just noted 

 may be depended upon to serve as most useful 

 guides. 



My second important new quince was grown 

 as a seedling from Rae's Mammoth. It was, I 

 am confident, a third generation seedling of a 

 cross between Rae's Mammoth and the Portugal 

 quinces. Its immediate staminate parentage is 

 not a matter of record, as a great number of 

 crossbred quinces were under observation at the 

 same time, and specific record was kept only of 

 the first pollinations. 



This offspring of Rae's Mammoth was at first 

 called the Santa Rosa, but was subsequently re- 



