Luther Burbank : His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application - Volume IV

by Burbank, Luther; Williams, Henry Smith

• ISBN13: 9780898753011
• ISBN10: 0898753015
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

This volume takes up, with greater detail, practical combinations of method particularly as applied toward producing new orchard fruits. In this volume Mr. Burbank covers practically all the simple orchard fruits except the plum and the prune.

Author Biography

Luther Burbank (1849-1926) was an American horticulturist, botanist, and pioneer plant breeder, who developed more than 200 new varieties of plants for which he was recognized by an Act of Congress, among many other honors

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 3
Quick Possibilities in Fruit Improvement--Specific Needs, and How to Accomplish Them	p. 7
Practical Orchard Plans and Methods--How to Begin and Carry on the Work	p. 37
Doubling the Productiveness of the Cherry--More and Better Cherries	p. 69
The Responsiveness of the Pear--What Has Been Done Is But the Beginning	p. 105
Fuzzy Peaches and Smooth-Skinned Nectarines--Two Fruits Which Beg for More Improvement	p. 141
The Apple--A Fruit Worthy of Still Further Improvement--New Apples and How to Make Them	p. 177
The Transformation of the Quince--What Was Only a Cooking Fruit Now Dehcious Raw	p. 211
The Apricot and the Loquat--An Opportunity for the Experimenter	p. 241
Citrus Fruits--And Fruits From the Tropics--New Experiments Well Worth Trying	p. 273
List of Direct Color Photograph Prints	p. 305
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