The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1903-08-05


and the sosazson litsIs daisy of rev
England. The result il 4 stately.
beauty Of profnse bloom, 3 feet tall
and with beautiful hlsssooiSaa 81 81 inshes
ins circumference. His very singular
is2bsrg blackberry was quite d start
aiag achieyement blackbsrsies white
AZ crystal. .S / q
Luther Burbank creates new fruits
and flowers that mankind may DO rioh-
or and happier VS.
Everybody knows the Burbank pota-
%, which has been raised il suoh
quantities since it was originated
tNenty-ssven years ago that this globe
Of ours could have been compaotly
eoaied With the product and enough
left for next years seeding.
The Burbank potato was Luther
Burbsnk's first creation. he was
only youth then, living in his native
town Of Lancaster, Mass, and work
ing inhis uncle's shop Of plough h-mak-
ings Hia few leisure hours he spent
in horticultural experiments, and ss
the sgriculturisss Of the time were
lamenting the poor quality and BAR
renness of the then known variety Of
the potato, young Burbank thought
he would try his luck at originating
new species. He planted some early
Rose potatoes in his mother'a garden.
just one seed ball appeared upon the
| sipenipg stalks. But that tiny seed
vessel contained the potent germ he
soughtthe gsrm that gave to the
world the peerless Burbank Seeding.
Mr.. Burbank believes that, as re-
CARDS the commercial value Of the Bur-
bank potato compared to the value Of
che eriwill, when generally iiatri )
ibuted and cultivated as the former
has been. fer surpass in Importance
1.-THE celebrated tuber. His newest
millionnaker, the "sugar" prune. is a
icsse ia point.
iss For eixteen years he labored to per-
feot it and the result is fruit chat is
destined 10 yevolutionise the prune
Industry. The Sugar prune tree is
tatrong and its fbre 10 tough, 80 that
lit will support the prolific crop. The
fruit is salnost as large as goose egg,
heavy With sugar, tender.skinned and
lldelicicus, and ripons . month earlier
Ithan any other variety.
i would seem that Mr.. Burbank &
fortune must be swelling to colossal
proportions, when We learn that he
has sold for $e, 600 q few tender plants
obe transported across the continent
at the purshsssr' s risk; /; a single plum
treefor $4,000; . clump Of raspberries
eSF5 eS 5S9GG; SssGGGG; ons nav Gala for $1,000 and
another for 81, 800. aud so on. But
concerning the cost OF production he
9:says; 81
my fruits and, flowers are more
than new, in8the sense in which the
word is generally used; they are new
cres:ions produced by scientific com,
binations of natures forces, guided
by long, carefully conducted and very
expensive biologicpl etudy. Let i,
not be supposed that,they are found.
llings orborn withoHtlabor n
49, e.
1 Not knowing the facts, people
often 3ur,p to ths conclusion chat ali
new varieties sre snmmarily produced
| by orossing and withas little ceremony
as awizatd would appear to do it with
magic wand"
And thia is the who 10 dioine
fox mankind today what no other liv.
ing sonIis doing it seems to be his
missionFiailife, and in years.to come
when some splendid variety Of fruit
is tasted and pronounced perfect the
only pity is thatSthe consumer viii
know littleAof its origin: The we'll
posted horticulturist, however, viii
tell him leather Burbank was prob.
ably thescreator of the variety. A
| visit 10 Santa Rosa will teach one
how great can one man become over
nature, net IN thwartipg her laws, but
by knowing them with her, and Great.
ing and Improving alwIsye on Hhat has
gone before. New York Packer.
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