LUTHER BURBANK 



I have no doubt of ultimate success in elim- 

 inating the seeds altogether. 



But as we have seen in connection with other 

 plants, the seed is about the last thing that the 

 plant is willing to relinquish, for the excellent 

 reason that it is an all-essential part for the prop- 

 agation of the species in a state of nature. But 

 the cultivated cactus plants do not need their 

 seeds, and I have every expectation of being able 

 to induce them to relinquish them. 



A specific account of the methods through 

 which it is hoped to bring about this development, ' 

 together with a detailed description of the origin 

 of the spineless cactus itself, will be given in a 

 later volume. 



— Eighteen thousand pounds of 

 cactus fruit to the acre has 

 been found to be a common 

 crop on even the poorest soil. 



