LUTHER BURBANK 



In any event the reappearance of the purple 

 leaf, fully pigmented, after its submergence, af- 

 fords another interesting illustration of the seg- 

 regation of hereditary characters that we have 

 repeatedly had occasion to note in connection with 

 other experiments. 



COUSINS FROM THE ORIENT 



Continuing the experiments in peach better- 

 ment, I not unnaturally turned to the Orient for 

 the material for further experiments in crossing. 



There is a double-flowering peach that has 

 long been under cultivation in China and Japan. 

 It is a slender, willowy tree, generally with droop- 

 ing branches. The blossoms are about an inch and 

 a quarter across, snowy white, or pink, or deep 

 crimson. They are quite double, resembling little 

 roses, and they are produced in great profusion. 

 The trees, however, are dwarfed and ill-shaped; 

 they are also peculiarly subject to mildew and 

 curl-leaf. 



The fruit of the flowering peach is somewhat 

 almond-shaped and unusually pointed. It has 

 flesh of light color and a large stone. The fruit 

 is hardly edible even when cooked. 



I have taken particular pains to cross this 

 double flowering exotic with standard and the 

 new cross bred peaches, and have succeeded in 

 producing some fine varieties. The most striking 



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