LUTHER BURBANK 



open, before the bees have time to forestall your 

 efforts. 



Except for the development of new varieties, 

 the cactus should not be grown from the seed, as, 

 like other cultivated fruit-bearers, it does not 

 breed true. But the slabs take root readily, 

 especially if dried somewhat before planting, 

 and the plant may thus be propagated indefinitely, 

 all the offshoots reproducing the qualities of the 

 parent form. 



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