continues: ''It is like reaping where one did not sow to 

 bring one of these orchards into its own again. An invest- 

 ment in one of these orchards is better than gold-mine stock, 

 for there is no luck' about it. If there is any risk about 

 operations of this sort, it is because of lack of business ca- 

 pacity and industry." 



— Luther Burbank. 

 (Vol. III. p. 99-103) 



There is not space enough here to begin to present the 

 'details as to the exact methods of operation through which 

 restoration and rejuvenation of old orchard trees may be 

 brought about. The important questions of pruning, tree 

 carpentry, soil and nourishment, and battling pests are all 

 taken up at length by Burbank in his works. 



As Burbank states in the foregoing excerpts regarding 

 orchard rejuvenation, ''the grafting of good varieties of 

 fruit on the old and otherwise worthless stock is the key 

 to the entire situation." Because of this fact, we give in the 

 following pages, Burbank's statements of the general prin- 

 ciples of grafting and the more common methods, which 

 will afford a foundation for experiments that will prove 

 fascinating and profitable. 



In one county in Ohio, in a recent season, 117 

 rejuvenated orchards added more than 50,000 

 bushels to the apple crop. In several cases a net 

 profit of $400 per acre has been secured from 

 an abandoned orchard. 



MORE THAN 500 KINDS ON ONE TREE 



The direct-color photograph on the opposite 

 page shows one of Burbank's cherry trees which 

 has produced as high as 500 kinds of cherries 

 at the savie time — this for the purpose of con- 

 venient comparison and intelligent selection, 



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