Luther Burbank. His Methods and Discoveries. Vol. XI.
Cover- Item:
- Title:
- Luther Burbank. His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application. Vol. XI.
- Author:
- Luther Burbank
- Editors:
- John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams
- Printer:
- Luther Burbank Press
- Place of Printing:
- New York and London
- Date of Printing:
- 1914
- Format:
- Language:
- McCune Location:
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Author and Commentators
Luther Burbank (1849-1926). Botanist and horticulturist. Born in Massachusetts, Burbank moved to Santa Rosa, CA where he created hundreds of varieties of plants.
Henry Smith Williams (1863-1943). Physician, lawyer, author.
The Book
This set of books were prepared from Burbank’s original field notes covering more than 100,000 experiments made during forty years devoted to plant improvement, with the assistance of the Luther Burbank Society and its entire membership.
Contents
- Foreword.
- I. Nuts as a Profitable Crop.
- II. The Paper Shell and Other Walnuts.
- III. The Almonds – and its Improvement.
- IV. The Chestnut – Bearing Nuts at Six Months.
- V. The Hickory Nut and Other Nuts.
- VI. On Growing Trees for Lumber.
- VII. The Production of a Quick-Growing Walnut.
- VIII. Trees Whose Products are Useful Substances.
- IX. Trees and Shrubs for Shade and Ornament.
- List of Direct Color Photograph Prints.
Gallery
Spine
Cover
Frontispiece & Title
Frontispiece
Title
Copyright & Contents
Copyright
Contents
Chp 1 Nuts as a Profitable Crop
Dwarf Chestnut Tree
Walnut Orchard
Franquette Seedlings
A Heavy Crop
Paper Shell Walnut
Comparison of Leaves
The Paper Shell on the Tree
Burbank Tree Baler
Tree Baler in Operation
Ready for Shipment
pages 32-33
Chp 2 The Paper-Shell and Other Walnuts
Santa Rosa Nut Meats
A Foot of Santa Rosa Walnuts
Truck of the Franquette Walnut
Trunk of the Black Walnut
A Grafted Walnut Tree
Parents and Offspring
Hybrid Walnuts
More Hybrid Walnuts
Effects of the Walnut Blight
pages 60-61
Chp 3 The Almond and Its Improvements
Almond Tree in Blossom
Two Almonds
Almonds on the Stem
Selected Almonds
Another Group of Almonds
Some Mammoth Specimens
Meat of Selected Almonds
Variations in Seedling Almonds
The Almond and Its Cousin
Seeds of Peach, Nectarines and Almonds
Structure of the Almond
Leaves of a Peach-Almond Cross
Peach-Almond Hybrid
Almonds Grown in Peaches
pages 92-93
Chp 4 The Chestnut - Bearing Nuts at Six Months
Six Month Chestnut Tree
Yearling Chestnut
Branch of a Six Month Chestnut
Goodly Crop
Low Head Chestnut Hybrid
High Head Chestnuts
Chinquapins and Chestnuts
Typical Cluster
Well Protected Fruit
Chestnuts in the Burs
Impregnable Fortress
Exposed Treasures
Chestnut Bur
Bur and Catkin
pages 128-129
Chp 5 The Hickory Nut - and Other Nuts
Hickory Tree
Hickory Nuts
Butternut Tree
Pecan Tree
Hazlenut
Wild Nutmeg
Variety of Tropical Nuts
pages 152-153
Chp 6 On Growing Trees for Lumber
Maple Tree
Two Cypresses
Hybrid Evergreen
Young Eucalyptus
Row of Eucalyptus
In Mariposa Grove of Big Trees
Yellow Pine
Petrified Pine
Young Giant Sequoia
Largest Tree in the World
Another View of Grizzly Giant
Roots of a Fallen Monarch
Petrified Redwood
Natural Grafts at Petrified Forest
pages 190-191
Chp 7 The Production of a Quick-Growing Walnut
Row of Paradox Walnuts
Twelve Year Old Paradox Walnut
Sixteen Year Old Royal Walnut
Nut of the Royal Walnut
Hybrids and Parents
Typical Specimen of the Royal Walnut
Royal Walnut in Winter
Another Fine Specimen of Royal Walnut
Foliage and Fruit of Royal Walnut
Striking Contrast in Seedlings
pages 236-237
Chp 8 Trees Who Produce Useful Substances
Tapping the Rubber Tree
Fir Tree
Spruce Tree
Olive Trees
Turpentine Trees
Balsam Fir Tree
Sugar Bush
Weeping Birch
Branch of the Paper Birch
The Buckeye or Horse Chestnut
A Fine Specimen of Laurel
pages 268-269
Chp 9 Trees and Shrubs for Shade and Ornament
Home of a River Baron
An Ivy-Clad Tree
Pepperwood Tree in Bloom
South American Yew Tree
Japanese Magnolias
Arcadia Tree in Bloom
California Chinquapin
The Box Elder
The Irish Yew
Cedar of Lebanon
A Selected Sumac Tree in Blossom
The Judas Tree or Red-Bud
An Ornamental From the Tropics
Live Oak Pasture Near Santa Rosa
Mr. Burbank's Hybrid Elm
List of Direct Color Photographs
List of Direct Color Photographs