LUTHER BURBANK 



result, up to date, was a tree bearing a rich, rosy, 

 pink blossom, fully two inches in diameter, which 

 is produced in greatest abundance, on trees of 

 strong growth, which show no propensity to droop 

 like the oriental tree, and which appear to be 

 resistant to curl-leaf and mildew. 



This large, vigorous, healthy tree, bearing a 

 profusion of bright pink flowers, has obvious or- 

 namental value. But in addition to this, this new 

 variety bears an abundance of fruit, large in size, 

 and almond-shaped, which is of fairly good qual- 

 ity when fresh, although scarcely to be compared 

 with standard peaches, but which when cooked 

 is probably unsurpassed by any peach, having a 

 delightful almond flavor. 



This particular variety is a cross of the crim- 

 son flowering oriental peach and the hybrid Muir 

 peach, and is a product of the first generation. 



Especial interest attaches to the results of 

 crossing the oriental peaches with peaches of the 

 occidental stock because, as in the case of so many 

 other fruits, the peach of the Orient is widely 

 divergent from the European type, although 

 doubtless both have the same remote origin. As 

 in the case of our other chief fruits, the native 

 home of the peach was doubtless southern and 

 central Asia and eastern Europe, and there was 

 a double migration in prehistoric days which re- 



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