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

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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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