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

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

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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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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

1. Foreword.
2. I. Corn –The King of America’s Crops
3. II. Getting the Most Out of Small Grains.
4. III. Manufacturing Food for Live Stock.
5. IV. A Rich Field for Work in Textile Plants.
6. V. Plants Which Yield Useful Chemical Substances.
7. VI. Reclaiming the Deserts with Cactus.
8. VII. Rival of Alfalfa.
9. VIII. Many Useful Substances in Cactus.
10. IX. Other Useful Plants Which Will Repay Experiment.
11. List of Direct Color Photographic Prints.

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SpineCoverFrontispiece & TitleCopyright & Contentsa ContentsChp I. Corn - The King of America's CropsSelection of Rainbow Corn LeavesA Typical Corn StalkPrimitive Types of CornCorn HybridsA Teosinte-Corn Hybrid in the StalkPod Corn VariationsEars of Corn-Teosinte HybridsMore Like Wheat Than CornVarious Stages of DevelopmentA Freak Ear of CornAnother Evidence of Old HeredityWhat to Work for in CornThe Power of EnvironmentMr. Burbank's Extra Early Sweet CornMr. Burbank's Giant Field of Cornpages 42-43Chp. II Getting the Most Out of Small GrainsWheat Germinating on IceMr. Burbank Among his 1914 Wheat ExperimentsSome Results of 1914 Wheat ExperimentsSelected Wheat HeadsSeven Headed WheatA Sheaf of OatsWild OatsAn Experiment with RyeA Sheaf of Barleypages 74-75Chp III Manufacturing Food for Live StockHeads of TimothySoy Beans for FodderA Bed of Four-Leaved CloverThe Root of the AlfalfaAlfalfa Serving a Double PurposeHairy Vetch in the Open FieldA Hybrid SunflowerStages of ProgressSunflower SeedsSunflower Seedspages 104-105Chp IV A Rich Field for Work in Textile PlantsThe Flax PlantEuropean Flax PlantHemp PlantsIndian Hemp PlantThe Jute PlantCotton in the FieldCotton Flower and Seed-HeadCotton Bollpages 130-131Chp V Plants Which Yield Useful Chemical SubstancesSugar-Cane TasselVarieties of SorghumKaffir CornBroom CornStaminate Hop PlantPistillate Hop PlantA Hop Plant VistaA Hop FieldDried Hops by the CarloadSugar Beets at the FactoryA Field of Sugar BeetsA Sugar Beet AnomalyChp VI Reclaiming the Desert with CactusThe So-Called Candle CactusThe Quisco CactusVestigial LeavesGiants and DwarvesCactus Seedlings Ready for InspectionSpineless and SpinyMr Burbank Selecting Cactus SeedlingsHow Cactus Plants are PropagatedCactus Plants in the NurserySpineless Cactus Slabs Ready for ShipmentSpineless Cactus Showing Two Month GrowthA Thrifty YearlingA Yearling of Different TypeAnother Well-Balanced Cactuspages 206-207Promising ColonyChp VII A Rival of AlfalfaContrasting Types of CactusA Promising Fruit CropThe Niagra CactusThe Prolific CactusYoung Royal Cactus PlantThe Banana CactusThe Sugar CactusThe Signal CactusThe Hemet CactusThe Melrose CactusThe Quillota CactusThe Competent CactusSpecial & RobustaThe Special CactusThe Robusta CactusChp VIII Many Useful Substances in CactusThe Titania CactusA Remarkable Fruit ColonyCactus Patch in BlossomA Cactus Patch in FruitA Young Eldorado Cactus PlantPropagating for Quick ResultsCactus CandyA Cactus Slab-FanOdd Uses of Cactus Spinepages 268-269Chp IX Other Useful PlantsA Bundle of RiceA Wild Chilean GrassBlue-Eyed GrassA Bed of Land CressAnother Unnamed ExoticA Bunch of MilletAnother Type of MilletJapan GrassAustralian Rattlesnake GrassWater Grass in BloomPampas GrassList of PhotographsList of Photographs