LUTHER BURBANK 



pear on the same tree from time to time, season 

 after season, and in due course the flowers are 

 replaced by growing nuts, so that there is a regular 

 succession month after month. 



This habit of perpetual bearing, manifested by 

 a tree that ordinarily produces its flowers and in 

 turn its nuts at fixed seasons, is perhaps scarcely 

 less remarkable than the habit of early bearing. 

 Doubtless the two are genetrically associated. 

 CHESTNUT SEEDLINGS 



The care of the chestnut seedlings presents no 

 important complications. 



My general plan in selecting seedlings for 

 further tests is the same employed in the selection 

 of seedling fruit trees. Prominent buds, large 

 leaves, thick, heavy twigs, almost invariably fore- 

 cast large, fine nuts. There is, however, an excep- 

 tion to be noted in the case of the Japanese chest- 

 nut, which has smaller leaves. It is necessary to 

 bear this in mind in dealing with seedlings that 

 have a Japanese strain. It is needless to say that 

 the capacity to select the right seedlings for preser- 

 vation is highly important, as an element in saving 

 time and expense in the practical development of 

 improved varieties of chestnuts. 



I have already referred to the saving of time 

 that may be accomplished through grafting the 

 chestnut seedlings instead of waiting for them to 



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