Luther Burbank. His Methods and Discoveries. Vol. II.
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Shasta Daisies
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- Title:
- Luther Burbank. His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application. Vol. II.
- 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
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- Language:
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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
- I. The Shasta Daisy.
- II. The White Blackberry.
- III. The Scented Calla.
- IV. The Stoneless Plum.
- V. The Royal Walnut.
- VI. The Winter Rhubarb.
- VII. The Burbank Cherry.
- VIII. The Sugar Prune.
- IX. Some Interesting Failures.
- List of Direct Color Photograph Prints.
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Shasta Daisies
Vol II
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Chapter Index
Shasta Daisies
Chp I Shasta Daisies
Original New England Ox-Eyes
Shasta Daisy
Shastas as High as a Fence
Typical Shasta Daisy
563 Buds & Blossoms
Shasta Daisies in Row
Chrysanthemum Courtship
Many Steps
Three Shastas
Sport among Shastas
Crystal White
Lawton Blackberry
Yellow-White Berries
Leaf Variations
Like Leaf, Like Fruit
Blackberry Cane Variations
Blackberry's Cousins
Stem Finally Selected
Baby Plants
White Blackberries
White Blackberry
Chp III Scented Calla
Spadix of Calla Lily
A Freak Calla
Another Freak Calla
Original Yellow Calla
White and Yellow Callas
Scented Calla
Large Plum, Small Seed
Chp IV Stoneless Plum
Standard Plum, Large Stone
Plum with Small Stone
Stoneless Plum
Peach & Almond Stones
Stoneless Seedling
Improved Stoneless Seedling
Three Stages of Development
Seedling Plum
One Result of Stonelessness
Stoneless Plum
Many Plums on One Tree
Ancestor and Descendant
Chp V Royal Walnut
Sixteen Year Old Pardox
Blossom of the Walnut
Walnut Graft
Walnut Graft
Wood of Paradox
Two Inches in Diameter in One Year
Variation in Walnut Leaves
Black Walnuts
English Walnuts
Grafted Walnut Stump
Walnut Seedlings
Japanese Walnuts
Wood of the Royal Walnut
Chp VI Winter Rhubarb
Crimson Winter Rhubarb
Blossoms of Rhubarb
Rhubarb
$1200 an Acre
Lone Giant
Giant Winter Rhubarb
Ready for Shipment
Roots of Rhubarb
Christmas Gift
Preparing for Pollenation
Chp VII Burbank Cherry
Ready for Pollenation
Seeking Aid of the Bee
Too Much Stone
On the Tree
$3.10 a pound
Ideal Cherry Tree
Earliest Cherry
Yearling Cherry
Black Giant
Improved Giant
Abundance Cherry
Abundance Cherries
Prune Drying
Chp VIII Sugar Prune
Giant Prune
After the Lye Bath
A Peeled Giant
Stoneless Prune
Prune Dipping
Over-Dipping
To Free a Stone
Sugar Prune
Sugar Prune
Burbank Standard
Prune
Dried Prune
Petunia
Chp IX Some Interesting Failures
Tobacco Plant
Tobacco Hybrid
Rare Exotics
Tomato-Potato Graft
Stepped-Mothered Potatoes
Strawberry-Raspberry Hybrid
Leaves of Strawberry-Raspberry Hybrid
Seed Time
Brazilan Solanum
Aid from Butterfly
List of Photos
List of Photos