LUTHER BURBANK 



beans and the hybrid strawberry-raspberry, each 

 following first the staminate and then the pistillate 

 parent, is not without interest. 



Opportunities for Further Experiment 



After an interval of many years, during which 

 I did not experiment further with the bean, I have 

 somewhat recently found time to turn attention 

 again to this very interesting plant, and have 

 developed a large number of new varieties of 

 unusual qualities. 



The recent 'experiments have had to do with 

 the bush bean, and 1 have paid attention to a large 

 number of attributes, including form of the plant, 

 color of bean, and the quality and flavor. The 

 new experiments have involved the crossing of 

 many varieties and have brought to light many 

 interesting developments, although none perhaps 

 as striking as those just outlined. 



I have found that it is feasible to segregate and 

 recombine the traits of different varieties of beans 

 in almost any desired combination. Thus, for 

 example, it is perfectly feasible to put the pod of 

 one bean on the vine of another, quite as Mendel 

 did with his peas. Observation will show what 

 qualities or characteristics are prepotent or dom- 

 inant even without directive effort on the part of 

 the plant experimenter. 



It will be observed that in the second, third, and 



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