LUTHER BURBANK 



Each of Mr. Burbank's great plant develop- 

 ments is a masterpiece of experimental applica- 

 tion. Yet many of these developments might be 

 duplicated, now that the methods are known, by 

 any intelligent amateur who will give attention 

 to details. 



It is possible for you to apply the methods on 

 a small scale even though you have but a single 

 fruit tree. Indeed, with a ten-foot plot of ground 

 for the raising of seedlings, and a single tree on 

 which to graft, you may experiment to your 

 heart's content. 



And although you cannot expect to produce 

 plumcots or stoneless plums or superlative varie- 

 ties of peaches or apples or pears or cherries 

 without expenditure of effort, you may at least 

 hope to develop interesting modifications in the 

 fruits with which you operate, even though you 

 devote only an occasional half -hour to the experi- 

 ment. 



You may secure any amount of material for 

 the development of new varieties merely by plant- 

 ing the first seeds of apple or pear or plum that 

 come to hand. For the cultivated varieties of 

 orchard fruits do not breed true from seeds. You 

 will not secure Baldwin apples, for example, with 

 any certainty, by planting the seeds of the Bald- 

 win. But this is an advantage from the stand- 

 point of the plant experimenter. You may make 

 sure of interesting developments by planting the 

 seeds of any orchard fruit that you secure in the 



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