Luther Burbank. His Methods and Discoveries. Vol. VII.
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- Item:
- Title:
- Luther Burbank. His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application. Vol. VII.
- 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. Note: Some pages of this book are unopened due to printing error and thus cannot be easily read.
Contents
- Foreword.
- I. How to Get the Most Out of the Garden.
- II. Some Common Garden Plants and Their Improvements.
- III. Peas and Beans as Money Crops.
- IV. The Tomato- and an Interesting Experiment.
- V. Pink Chives and Other Foods for Flavor.
- VI. Artichokes and Some Garden Specialties.
- VII. Winter Rhubarb.
- VIII. The Camassia- Will It Supplant the Potato?
- IX. The Potato Itself – Who Will Improve It Further.
- List of Direct Color Photographic Prints.
Gallery
Spine
Cover
Frontispiece & Title
Frontispiece of Artichoke Blossoms
Title
Copyright & Chapters
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Chapter I
The Important Root Hairs
Baby Plants
Illustrating Leaf Structure
Leaves by the Acre
Where the Tree is Alive
Mr. Burbank's Ideal Soil
Transplanting Selected Seedlings
Selected Seedlings
Inspecting Root Damage
Artificial Rain
A Beautiful Thief
pages 36-37
Chapter II
An Attractive Melon
The Familiar Cucumber
A Visitor from Patagonia
Two Squashes in One
Some Experimental Gourds
Too Much Seed
Some Gourds from Australia
The Freakish Martynia
The Familiar Beet
Another Old Friend
A Universal Favorite
A Bunch of Parsnips
Chapter III
Three Kinds of Burbank Peas
Peas in a Pod
Showing Variations in Beans
A Burbank Perennial Bean
Burbank Lima Beans
A Stripling from the Tropics
Giant Horsebeans
Roots of the Mammoth Soy Bean
Cow Peas Under Cultivation
Soy Beans
A Hairy Vetch
pages 106-107
Chapter IV
The Burbank Tomato
Vigor Through Crossbreeding
Fruits of a Tomato Hybrid
Another Intetesting Hybrid
Tomato Leaf Variation
Collected for Seed
Tropical Solarium
Potatoes with Strange History
Odd Cousins of the Tomato
Some Selected Tomatoes
Chapter V
Chilean Garlic on the Stalk
An Improved Garlic
Burbank Onions Grown for Seed
South American Allium
A Burbank Allium
Pink and Yellow Chives
Horse Radish Plants
Improved Mustard
A Basket of Peppers
Giant Mexican Peppers
Artichoke in Burbank's Back Yard
pages 176-177
Chapter VI
Another Burbank Dooryard View
More Artichokes
Artichoke Hybrids
Round as a Ball
Much Modified in a Form
An Ideal Hybrid
An Aberrant Type
A Wild Artichoke
An Improved Burbank Artichoke
A Field of Hybrids
More Material for Selection
Swiss Chard
pages 206-207
Chapter VII
Burbank Rhubarb
Another Bed of Burbank Rhubarbs
Burbank Aspargus
Another View of South American Peanut
South American Peanut
A Field of Celery
A Cousin of the Cabbage
The Egg Plant
Passion Flower in Bloom
Flower and Fruit on the Same Plant
pages 236-237
Chapter VIII
A Bed of Camassias
Individual Camassia Blossoms
Hybrid Camassia
The Wild Camassia
A Contrast in Bulbs
A Wide Range of Variations
Some Almost Edibles
Blossoms of the Brodiaea
The Chilean Alstromeria
Another Type of Alstromeria
pages 264-265
Chapter IX
Potato Seed Balls
Bodega Red Potatoes
Sprouting Bodegas
Snake Potatoes
Chilean Wild Potatoes
Mexican Potatoes
Selecting Seedling Potatoes
Salinas Burbanks
Russet Burbanks
Some Selected Seedlings
The Early Rose
Selected Early Rose
The Burbank and its Parents
The Burbank Potato as it Grows
A Typical Hill of Burbank Potatoes
The Perfect Burbank
List of Photographs
List of Photographs


































































































































