LUTHER BURBANK 



as if out loud, and a self defiant attitude as if 

 bespeaking an ample ability to take care of 

 themselves. 



"And the flowers which came from the bulbs 

 produced by the other banker were charmingly 

 delicate not hardy, but rather shrinkingly artis- 

 tic not loud in their color schemes, but softly 

 alluring with their subdued hues." 

 * * * * * 



It costs money to ship oranges, so the more the 

 meat and the less the rind, the less we waste in 

 transportation charges. 



A comparison of the wild orange with the 

 cultivated fruit of our orange groves shows how 

 this fruit has adapted itself to our ideas of 



economy. 



***** 



Lettuce in the head makes a more appetizing 

 salad than lettuce in large, sprawling leaves. 



A comparison between wild lettuce and the 

 head lettuce on our green grocer's stand shows 

 plant adaptation to our salad demands. 

 ***** 



And so with celery, and artichokes and every 

 plant that is grown for the market wild, its adap- 

 tations are toward meeting wild environments; 

 cultivated, its adaptations are toward fitting itself 

 into our routine of life. 



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