The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-13
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Fifty and Sixty. Like crapss.

FIFTY and Sixty. Like Grapes.
" there Is seeming exageeration In
THE article the fault is with the viz
ards Their deeds invite hyperbole
They seem to be enemies of narre.
YET are soi so. and the products Ct
their magic are never.ending. These
wizards Of horticulture are man OF
learning, who. knowing all about
plants and fruits and the possibilities
Of each, help nature in bringing ,orth
tho best results They study the hab-
is os these with care They plaut
anJ plant, examine and re-examihe.
watching always how nature ASSETS
herself. One Of these wizards. a moi
est man, who loves fruits and flowers.
lives in California and there. in a eli.
mate wonderfully suited for tie
growth OF everything in great profI.s-
ior. produces marvels of horticulture
that have made him known through
out the world II one we're to ack Mr..
Luther Burbank, the, wizard Of whom
we speak. to tell us Of his work, he
would doubtless reply: Il am but
one Of the present generation trying
to solve the riudle of the sphiiN' lie
would point TO his own gardens and
zrevrhouses to show how far he has
succeeded in his quest BY the mere
process of elimination and selection
he has made nature almost understand
herself. and the results of his scien-
tAc plant breeding have been so &c.
markable that one wonders what the
future will L,ing forth.
one Of his achievements is the
stcneless plum; another the pitless
prune The names themselves tell a
sur cient story Tor we have become
so accustomed in the past TO have
st,ry plums and prunes that ore
would seem without them al a yerita-
hle loss. But there is more in it thaa
the name. 1t is but one example of
the stoheless fruit of the future whlcn
all scientific horticulturalists arc
s'rdying merely because the great
public does not want to be bothered
by the stones. The Investigations,
he wever. are laborious and the results
ccme tardily To obtain one stonelcss
prl nc has required the cultivation Of
many variety of prunes. each with a
different taste. Ia appearance .his
product resembles the common Calls.
oinia prune, but it is larger in size
and natures earlier. It is the off
spring Of a French father and is
about three times the size of its par
erts.
The whole thing is more or less a
family affair-marriag between diff.
ferent individuals in the world "
fruit and flowers. The so-called plum
cot which we all may be eating W in
gusto in year or two. is result Of q
happy union between father apricot
and mother plum. Those who know
the delicious apricot and plum need
NOT b. told how much the two look
alike. but how different they taste.
| The plumcot is, therefore a distinctive
fruit; "as distinct" says its creator.
"ss IL a new fruit had been handed
down from another planet" 1t has the
general form of an apricot and the
same outside appearance, but it Is
more highly colored, has a soft skin
ami shadowy bloom. 1t possesses an
indescribably delicious flavor
In turning cut the white blackbcrfy
-.5usi wonder over this for a moment
aud think what those two words mean
Mir Burbank is said to have applied
the Darwiniar theory iLpersely. He
/ kept on selecting berries which in zip.
ening did not become pure black, and
finally got a bush in which the fruit
changed from the green of immaturlty
to pure white This involved the ex
termination Of some 25.O0O blackber
ry bushes several times in several sac
cceding years. The painstal1ing cH
ergy necessary in such a search is
n.eleiy suggested by such figures.
His Shasta daisy is combination
! ci the free towering American daisy
and il is the result of eight years
work in the liberalization and seiec
ton The merit Of this flower, whlcn
viii particularly appeal to those Of a
\ gardening hobby, is its hardness. II
grows and blooms wherever the caE
lives; il is perennial, and has a large
blossom, Of a dazzling whitcness
borne on a long. stiff stem that makes
tha flower very valuable for cutting
AS each individual bloom may attain
a diameter 1f over four inches. the a.
feet produced by thousands may he
more easily imagined than described
OF late years much Of the best *
perimental wark on fruit and vegpra
b'cs has been done in America by the
bureau of plant industry n the de
partment Of agriculture at Washing
ter. The laboratory Of plant breed
ing. under the charge of DR.. Herbert
j. Webber. has been responsible for