THE BURBANK CHERRY 115 



on the surrounding branches, and a thor- 

 oughly satisfactory cross pollination is often 

 thus brought about, as anyone of any experience 

 knows. 



If a visitor who observes my cherry trees in 

 the blossoming time chances to visit my orchards 

 a little later, at the time of fruiting, he wull prob- 

 ably be disposed to admit that my various meth- 

 ods of experiment have produced very satisfac- 

 tory results. For the cherries that grow on my 

 trees are the largest and most luscious, as well as 

 the most abundant, that have ever been produced, 

 and the visitor will perhaps be surprised to 

 find many hundreds of cherries quite different 

 in appearance sometimes growing on the 

 same tree. This, however, is only the result of 

 grafting. 



Seedlings grown from seed produced on a 

 single tree may vary widely, but the immediate 

 fruit of any individual tree is fairly uniform, un- 

 less the tree has been grafted. 



But trees on my farm always are grafted, so 

 the phenomenon of diverse varieties of fruit on 

 the same tree is a familiar one. 



An Unstable Race 



The cherry is at best a variable fruit. Like 

 most orchard fruits, it can never be grown de- 



