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one was selected. From 65,000 bushes 
but one white blackberry was chosen. 
Mr. Burbank’s work has been widely 
recognized, commented upon and not 
infrequently criticized. The Carnegie 
Institute of Pittsburg awarded him 
^10,000 a year for ten years for experi¬ 
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Mr. Burbank is a living example of 
his own theory of transmission of traits. 
His mother’s family included the famous 
horticulturists Ross and Burpree. From 
his father he inherited a bent for mechan¬ 
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farm and took a great interest in grape 
growing. He was born in Lancaster, 
Mass., and educated in the grammar 
schools, immediately going into the 
Ames Plow-works, but his love of Nature 
led him to take up experimental work 
and he went to California in 1875 to 
secure a suitable climate. 
He started a nursery business to main¬ 
tain his experiments; acquiring sufficient 
property and achieving notable success, 
he gave his whole attention to his great 
passion. Nature has been his only 
school, for he is not a book scientist. 
He lives modestly and is himself a man 
of the simplest habits and desires. 
“My aim is to benefit mankind, and if 
I can improve our fruits it is my duty 
to fulfill my destiny,’’ he has said. 
He is a tireless worker, a man of quick 
perceptions and keen discrimination. 
He eschews publicity and seldom leaves 
his farm, shutting himself up and pro¬ 
tecting his time from all intruders. He 
is fifty-eight years old and a bachelor. 
He never uses tobacco or alcohol in any 
form, believing them both detrimental 
to intellectual work. The sum total of 
his theory of plant life is, to use his own 
words, “That there is no weed which 
will not sooner or later respond liberally 
to good cultivation and persistent selec¬ 
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