LUTHER BURBANK 



sequential, which has the delightful flavor our 

 plans and specifications call for. 



Let us take not one of each of these types, but 

 a number of them, and then when they have 

 bloomed, let us, by hand, cross them back and 

 forth, making in all, we will say, five hundred 

 crosses; each tied with a certain color of string 

 for the purpose of later identification. 



The petals of the blossoms which we have 

 crossed will fall away; long stems bearing green 

 cherries will begin to take their place; and finally, 

 the twigs which we have marked with strings will 

 tempt us with their ripened fruit. 

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There is an interesting legend of the French 

 girls who used to take apple boughs in blossom 

 and shake the pollen over the apple flowers of 

 another tree, a legend of the wonderful variation 

 in the apples which they secured. 



And here and there in our work we shall see 

 exceptions to the general rule, which seem to 

 prove that the French legend perhaps was founded 

 on fact. 



These exceptions, which will form the basis of 

 an interesting series of experiments for us later, 

 need have no bearing on our present cherry work. 



For, as a matter of practical fact, we shall 

 find no outward evidence of our work. The 



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