LUTHER BURBANK 



even though they be insipid, and see if, between 

 the two, by matching heredities, there is not to 

 he found some new berry which is luscious, large 



and beautiful. 



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Or, supposing that in our own particular soil 

 there are varieties we should like to grow which 

 fail to prosper, while other less desirable varieties 

 do well. 



Our problem then is but the combination of 

 heredities to bring the desirability of one with the 

 hardiness of another into a single new plant which, 

 as it were, we make to order. 



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Or, if there is a variety which will not 

 withstand the rigor of our winters, perhaps it can 

 be combined with a poorer variety which has been 

 educated to them. 



Or, the other way around, if there is a plant 

 which withers in the heat of our summers, perhaps 

 some combination can be effected with an already 

 existing brother or cousin, which, throughout the 

 generations, has conquered the obstacle of heat. 

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And so on throughout the whole world-wide 

 range of environment. 



We shall find plants which have grown accus- 

 tomed to the wet, and plants which are hardened 



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