LUTHER BURBANK 



tendencies which, though perhaps not desirable, 

 point the way to an end worthy of accomplishment. 

 Then, instead of working with a single wild 

 and a single cultivated plant, if we seek out a 

 dozen wild plants or a hundred of them — some 

 plants from mountain environments and some 

 from swamps, some from rich woodland soil, and 

 some from the desert, we shall get a still better 

 idea of the possibilities stored within the plant — 

 possibilities which need only combination and 

 selection to bring forth a perfected product. 

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Or, suppose we have a tree which bears 

 delicious fruit in small quantities. 



Let us then find one with a tendency to over- 

 produce, even though its fruit, in size, flavor and 

 appearance, be inferior. 



In some combination between the two, simply 

 by following the leads which those combinations 

 themselves will give, we shall in a few years, very 

 likely, discover one variation which combines the 

 productiveness of one strain of heredity with the 

 deliciousness of another. 



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Or, perhaps, we have a plant which bears us 

 berries of wonderful flavor, but too small to be 

 marketable. 



Let us find a plant with large, beautiful berries, 



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