LUTHER BURBANK 



standards of quality and make the fruit stoneless 

 as well, will require a great amount of time, 

 patience and effort. 



Of course, with modern methods it can be done 

 in a much shorter time than in the past, but it 

 must take a long time gradually to replace one and 

 then another and another. 



The replacement of the ordinary plum by the 

 stoneless plum will come about gradually, some- 

 what as the red potato was replaced by the white 

 potato in California. Twenty-five years ago noth- 

 ing but the red potato could be obtained in any of 

 the markets of this state. Even my own brothers 

 questioned whether the Burbank could make 

 headway against it. To-day the Early Rose and a 

 few other varieties may be secured when the 

 Burbank is out of season. 



THE OUTLOOK FOR SEEDLESS FRUITS 



It will be remembered that there have been 



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seedless raisins grown for a century or more, yet 

 everyone knows that seedless grapes are by no 

 means universal. 



The well known Washington navel seedless 

 orange has made a new world market for this 

 fruit. Yet the bulk of the oranges in the markets 

 of the world have seeds. There are good seedless 

 lemons and limes; but they are very gradually 

 finding their way into the markets. 



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