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Work of Luther Burbank Is Explained
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Hints to Gardener and Orchardist Are Given From Career of
Wizard of Plant Life,
'I N T H IS , th e early npring days, when
1 th e men and women whose d iv er
A n y Instrument Easily— Quickly
AU Seeds Are Saved.
Here, perhaps, lies th e secret of his
sion involves work in th e garden success, fo r by th is he accomplishes,
and in the orchard, it m ight be well to w ithin a com paratively short tim e, w hat
ta k e a lesson from th e resu ltfu l methods would otherw ise ta k e y ears to do. A fter
of th e g reatest of all h o rticu ltu rists, Iiis atten tio n is a ttra c te d to a p lan t,
L u th e r B urbank.
W hile th e world Burbank saves all of th e seeds hud
know s much of his achievem ents iu the sows them la soil placed in green house
creatio n o f new form s o f p lan t life, boxes about 1H inches square and four
only a very small num ber o f thoss and one-half inches deep. The soil itself
fa m ilia r w ith his w ork really know is prepared by m ixing 50 p arts of pure
how he gets the phenomenal results th a t sand, fo rty p a rts of loam containing
have made him the genius th a t he is.
leaf mold, eight p arts powdered moss
L u th er B urbank has several fu n d a or peat and two p a rts bone fertilizer.
m ental m ethods of procedure— perhaps The soil is m oistened by dropping boxes
th e most im portant being th e hybridiz iuto a tu b of w ater. The seeds are
in g of more or less closely related sown on th o surface and covered light
species and varieties o f plants. E arly in ly w ith a th in lay er o f soil and pow
his career he discovered th a t he could dered moss.
produce new varieties, and in some
The seedlings are tra n sp la n te d into a
eases n ew species, by cross fertilizin g
d iffe re n t species o f plants. As te s ti field and th en subjected to a rigid in
m onials to his success in th is field, we spection—out o f m any thousand seed
have his well known plum eot, a cross lings B urbank m ay select less th a n a
betw een th e plum and th e apricot, dozen for fu rth e r experim ent. In his
crosses betw een th e apple and th e pear, selection he lay s p a rticu lar stress on
apple and quince, quince and pear, tho stu rd in ess of th e stock, the
peach and lemon, orange and lemon. By branches, round f a t buds, large th ick
crossing d iffe re n t v a rie tie s w ithin the leaves, rich color, vigor and tendency to
species, he has produced hundreds of uprig h t grow th.
H ow H e Saves Time.
new v arieties of plums, prunes, peaches,
In order to bridge tim e and to
apples, pears, cherries and quince. H is
stoneless plum and prune and his g i breathe in to tho complex hybrid, and
g an tic cherries are n o tab le instances various trees of th e d iffe re n t species,
o f his creations by crossing d iffe re n t he gets a seedling from its own root
and g ra fts it as a scion on th e branch
v a rieties of th e same species
of a m ature tree. H e g ra fts his seed
Judgment Is Keen.
ling, as a rule, on a tw ig n earest
As a supplem ent to the process of th e end of a branch.
The scions
h y b rid izatio n conies his keen ju dgm ent thus placed usually b ear f r u it in
in th e selection o f vary in g individuals the second year, w hereas, if th ey had
o f th e same specie o r v ariety . By t a k been le f t to grow on th e ir own roots,
in g a cherry th a t bare fru it e arly in five or six y ears o f grow th would be
th e season, he developed his presen t necessary to secure a bearing. Because
early app earin g cherry. B y selection he of th is m ethod experim ents are carried
evolved th e B urbank sugar prune w ith on through fiv e or six generations in
a 23 per cent su g ar content.
th e tu n e t h a t would o riginally be re
B u rb an k s m ethod precludes guess quired for tw o generations.
work. He alw ays knows exactly w hat
A t the B urbank proving grounds at
he ie striv in g fo r and only uses such Sebastopol, w ill be found m any trees
exam ples as contain in th e em bryo th e w ith a score or more of g ra ftin g s on
u ltim ate qualities desired. I f he desires each and every one o f them.
to m ake th e cherry larg er, wider, redder
All of B u rb a n k 's work has a p erm a
and ju icier he reduces the size of the nent q u ality in it, and the methods th a t
p la n t an d shortens th e stem to make he employs, m ight be used by anyone
th e tree a hardy and a prolific bearer. who has more th an a mere cursory in
H e bler.ds th e rig h t h eredities and terest in p lan t developm ent.
a f te r securing plants th a t show a given
com bination in a sup erlativ e degree, be
N ever work * team of colts together until
th en proceeds to produce a g reat q u an
they sre thoroughly broken, as they w ill
ti ty o f seedlings.
worry each other.
Getting More Money
From Egg Crop
Forest Fire Season
Gets Early Start
AD EGOS cause farm ers a loss of
IRST R EPO R TS of forest fires
betw een three and four million
have begun to come in to W ash
dollars annually. G overnm ent e x
ington from th e n atio n al forests
p e rts estim ate th a t 5 per cent o f the and they in d icate to the federal o ffi
eggs m arketed have developing chick cers an early s ta rt of th e fire season,
ens and th a t 3 per cent are “ r o ts ” dae w ith u n fav o rab le w eatl er conditions
to the em bryo decaying. All these from th e very beginning. In the N orth
losses could be avoided b y keeping west th ere w a s less snow on th e moun
roosters out of the flocks, thus h a v ta in : at the end of the w inter th an for
in g only in te rtile eggs produced. I f m any years p ast. R ailroad rig h ts of
farm ers would follow tltis plan, they way which w ere last y ear deep in snow
could save one and th ree fo u rth s m il are reported clear now and dry enough
lions of dollars annually.
to burn readily.
In f e rtile eggs produced by flocks in
Prom the C anadian border to Mexico
w hich th ere is no male b ird are th e th e rep o rts are sim ilar, and th ere have
only k in d th a t can reach th e consum er already been extensiva fire s in C ali
in good condition during th e hot sum fornia and A rizona.
m er months. The only o b ject in having
T he ch ief fo rester reports, however,
a m ale bird in th e flock is to g et fertile
th a t th e fire fig h tin g forces of the serv
eggs for h atch in g purposes. Now th a t
ice are organized b e tte r th a n ever be
th e h atch in g season is over, colleges of
fere, p articu larly in respect to th e fire
a g ricu ltu re urge all farm ers to sell o ff
detection system of lookout stations. By
all th e roosters or shut them aw ay from
means of tnese sta tio n s fires are re p o rt
th o hens.
ed quickly and aceu ra’ely, so th a t the
L a st y ear in Ju ly and A ugust n early control forces m ay lie on th e ground a t
one h a lf tho eggs le a v .jg tho farm ’s the earliest possiblo moment.
w ere u n fit fo r food. The farm er, as a
In those sta te s wh re th e gravest
resu lt, received a low price. P rev en t
th a t loss th is y ear by g ettin g rid of danger th reaten s, special e ffo rts are be
th e rooster. Now is th e tim e to act to ing mado by th e governm ent fo resters
and by co o p erativ e fire protection a s
p re v e n t f r n r e losses.
teria* . Ona organized among tim berland
owners, to ae< ure care w ith fire on the
p a rt of erm pors, prospectors, loggers
The Note.
and by railroads. The N orthw estern
“ Oh, by th e way, d e a r.” said the F o restery and C onservation As» leiation,
m erchant as he was prep arin g to leave r Th head q u arters a t P o rtlan d , Oregon,
th e house in th e m orning, “ if I find I is one of th e leaders in this -am paign.
c a n ’t be home to d in n er I will tend a
n o te by m essenger.”
“ D o n ’t trouble, ” said t i s w ife, sw eet
L u t »ear the flee l a u »a (ha Canadian
b e r r a s a » « waa Wie amaJleat ever known,
ly, “ 1 "»ave already found it on the tim
only one ( a id e » o f oae per cent » f the a i r i
fciotting p a d .”
hein» t,«...ic4 «ver.
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