New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-14

sandy north shore OF Long Island has been n,ata-
HloIphosed into a large and deIectable fruit
Inc potato Is being made TO produce another vega
oe' oI Irui1- This is called the 'pomatO' II Is a
Whlte, fragrant. sucCuent fruit and grows On che,
potato tops II may be eaten cooked OF as a salad
Flowers under the direction OF the breeding WHARF
90 all sorts OF strange things. The disaEreeabls
door OF the dahlia has been transformed into tho
rlch fragrance OF the magnolia From normal size
GAIA blooms ranging between a foot and one ana
one-haf inches in diameter have been produced ana
the fragrance strengthened. The scarlet aInarylis
has been increased IN size to ten inches and to tb
Feroena has been given the odOr OF the arbutus
tWofold in streE"th. From the ordinary field dais7r
tho Shasta daisy, from five to seven inches IN
diameter has been created The gladioIus at Santa
Rosa has now ceased its One-sIded way OF bIoouines
and blooms all the way around the stalk after tha
manner Of the fragrant hyacinth. The decorative
white panpas grass has been changed to pink FOR.
varietys sake. Even living decorations for head
gear are produced. The Australian star flower
under the magic touch has been made to bear bios
SONS Of a beautiful rose-pnk and white which ara
fragrant and everlasting" and can be used on
wonen's hats.
An effort is now being made to give the tobacco
plant frost resisting qualities. improve Its flavor
and increase it's size.
one Of the stories told about Mr. Burbank Illus
how the plant breeder can bend nature to his
On one occasion. when IN the nursery business. he
received rush order for twenty thousand pruns
trees. Those the days when It difficult
for him to make both ends meet. He was in need OF
funds. In the ordinary course Of nature It would
take two and One-haIf years to grow them to tho
size desired. The order was contingent upon their
being delivered within nine months. He set large
number of men at work planting one hundred thou
sand almond seeds. The almond grows rapidly.
The almond sprouts We're ready in a few months
The best Were chosen. and upon them were grated
twenty thousand prune cuttings The order was
filed in time. IL is SAID that one or the largest
prune orchards in the world is growing and yielding
from these almond shoots.
The number OF different varieties CT any plant
which can be produced is infinite Liberty H.
Bailey of the Cornell Agricultural College. records
the fact that has produced fifteen hundred kinds
Of sqUashes and pumpkins
Strange as it may seem. IT is possible to grow
more than one kind Of fruit tree. Mr. Bur-
bank has a tree which is furnishing sap 70 four
hundred different kinds OF apples besides one hun
dred other kinds OF fruit
The seed Of the hybrid which IS the foundation
of the breeders structure. is Ike grab bag. Is
furnishes many surprises. On one occasion Mr..
Burbank crossed the cranberry bean. which has
red pods and white beans. with the horticultural
pole bean which has red pods striped with white
and red and white beans. A single seed was OBJ
tanned This produced plant having pods Of q.
mixed character but with tine beans all black
These were planted. The next brood was astonish-
ing. Some were pole beans which exhibited tina
characteristic Of the Inhabitants of ancient Shinar.
which caused them TO reach out for the SKY. They
ran Up twenty feet. Others were bush beans. some
spread out over the ground in . JausIe only few
inches it, height. Some Of the latter produced pods
as the patches IT. JJseuh's coat As for the beans
themselves. shape. size color and markings they
Bailey ha secured many 40 kinds distinct
enough 70 be named and recognized