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Luther Burbank. His Methods and Discoveries. Vol. IV.

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Luther Burbank. His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application. Vol. IV.

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Luther Burbank

Editors:

John Whitson, Robert John, Henry Smith Williams

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Luther Burbank Press

Place of Printing:

New York and London

Date of Printing:

1914

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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. Note: Some pages of this book are unopened due to a printing error and cannot easily be read.

Contents

1. Foreword.
2. I. Quick Possibilities in Fruit Improvement.
3. II. Practical Orchard Plans and Methods.
4. III. Doubling the Productiveness of the Cherries.
5. IV. The Responsiveness of the Pear.
6. V. Fuzzy Peaches and Smooth-Skin Nectarines.
7. VI. The Apple – A Fruit Worthy of Still Further Improvement.
8. VII. The Transformation of the Quince.
9. VIII. The Apricot and the Loquot.
10. IX. Citrus Fruits – and Fruits from the Tropics.
11. List of Direct Color Photograph Prints.

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SpineCoverHalf Sweet, Half Sour AppleTitleCopyrightChaptersForewardPlumcotChp 1 Quick Possibilies in Fruit ImprovementOrchardPerfect AppleIdeal Peaches & OthersGetting Color into PearsApricotDried ApricotsNectarineCrabappleMaking Over an Old OrchardChp2 Practical Orchard PlansBox of SeedlingsRow of Plum SeedlingsSelected SeedlingsNursery StockChoice of SeedlingSelecting Among Peach SeedlingsOrchard & Berry FieldOrchard & Vine FieldsApple OrchardEarly Bearing PeachesMr. Burbank's 400Chp 3 Doubling the Productiveness of CherriesCherriesSouth American CherriesCatalina CherryShort-Stemmed HybridsBotan & Black GiantsBurbank's Abundance CherriesBranch of 1909 CherriesOther Nameless SeedlingsSome That Have Proven WorthyBox of Burbank CherriesRed SeedlingChp 4 The Responsiveness of the PearSeedlings PearsLong & Short of ItBroad & Sturdy TypesIntroducing ColorA PatricianUnhandsome but LusciousDissimilar TwinsMore MisfitsSeedliing PearIdeal PearSeedling Pear TreesChp 5 Fuzzy PeachesFlowering Peach in BlossomFreestone Indian PeachExequisite PeachLate Clingstone PeachNational PeachAn Unnamed PeachOther Attractive FoundlingsBig String NectarinesBully NectarinePeach TriumphNectarine-Peach CrossNectarine-Peach CrossBeautiful Seedling AppleChp 6 The AppleBurbank's South AppleWinterstein AppleBurbank Seedling ApplesRoman Beauty AppleSeedling ApplesMore Seedling ApplesNameless PeachesTwo Fine SpecimentsMore NondescriptsLarge and ToothsomeGold Ridge AppleExtremes of DevelopmentGetting on in the WorldJapanese QuinceFruit of Japanese QuinceFoliage of Japanese QuinceChinese QuinceVan Deman QuinceSanta Rosa QuincePineapple QuincePear SeedlingsMedlar - Cousin of QuinceChp 8 Apricot and LoquatSiberian ApricotsJapanese ApricotJapanese Apricots Cut OpenFoliage of the ApricotApricot and SeedSeed of an ApricotBurbank Improved ApricotBurbank's Improved LoquatBunch of LoquatsBlossoms of the LoquatsLoquats and SeedsTypical LoquatsFruit of the GuavaChp 9 Citrus FruitsBranch of PomegranatePomegranate FruitJapanese PersimmonsPersimmons TreeSweet LemonPonderosa LemonsCalifornia Orange GroveCross between Orange and LemonBlossoms of the FeijoaGrove of Feijoa TreesAlligator PearIllustrationsIllustrations