NEW CREATIONS IN PLANT LIFE 
from a different quarter in order to restore 
their slowly ebbing virility. 
An illustration of this was seen in the case 
of trees which would not withstand frost. He 
took into account large areas of land generally 
in varying strips running down along the 
Atlantic seaboard, on by the Gulf of Mexico 
and even up along the California coast, where 
certain fruits, as the peach, nectarine and 
plum, became problematical crops because of 
the early frosts in the spring. By breeding 
and selection, choosing for combination fruits 
from a far colder climate, he produced fruit 
trees of this type that will withstand absolute 
freezing in bud, in flower, in infant fruit. 
Even when the petals of the flower are stiff 
with ice, they show no signs of wilting when 
the sun has thawed them out. To make assur- 
ance doubly sure, the trees were placed in 
localities where heavy frosts came early, and 
they splendidly withstood the freezing. 
The value of this work to the world is not 
within estimate. The proximity of the sea- 
coast regions mentioned to city markets, ren- 
dering the production of such fruits at a very 
early date in the spring a matter of direct 
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