LUTHER BURBANK 



pearance, being pink, white or yellow. The indi- 

 vidual berries are usually as large as huckleber- 

 ries, sometimes considerably larger, and have 

 delightful aromas and flavors. 



Some of these new fruiting myrtles will grow 

 on very dry ground; others require soil that is 

 constantly moist. 



At three or four years some of the trees of the 

 Chilian and Patagonian species are used for tim- 

 ber, and grow to a height of twelve or fifteen feet, 

 with a breadth of ten feet. The branches often 

 droop gracefully like those of the weeping willow, 

 and are heavily loaded with oval, small, glossy 

 green leaves. These are not the fruiting species, 

 which grow to a height of two to four feet, and 

 sometimes of equal breadth. 



Another species that bears fruit when quite 

 young, sometimes even in the second year, has 

 been received from South America, and is identi- 

 fied as Myrtus ugni. This plant bears a curious 

 resemblance to the gooseberry, except that it has 

 no thorns. Its berry is a glossy purple, sometimes 

 slightly hairy, growing in compact drooping 

 racemes like the currant. Some of the berries are 

 of excellent flavor, others woody or filled with 

 seeds. 



Several thousand of the best seedlings from 

 these exotic myrtles are now growing on my place, 



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