Luther Burbank : His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application - Volume IV
by Burbank, Luther; Williams, Henry SmithFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-08-01
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc
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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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