The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-11-16


Burbank, the wizard" plant
breeder Of America, has recently
accomplished in producing better
and new varieties Of vegetation.
In . few years Mr.. Burbank,
by simple but purely scientific
methods, has given to the wsrld
some new products which will
no doubt prove blessings 10 man
kind. A partial list Of some Of
che notable results are given by
Mr.. HARDWOOD, as follows:
1.-THE improved tbornlcss aud spicule-
less edible cactus. foob for man aud
beast, 10 be the reclamation Of fine des-
srts Of the world: the primusherry, I'M
leu Of the raspberry and blackberry, the
frst recorded instance Of the creation
Of new spices, together with the
phenomenal berry created from the
California dewbsrry and the Cuthbert
raspberry. and the piumcot. the union
OF the plum and the apricot, all three
the accomplishment Of what he'd been
said TO be an impossibillty; . plum
with no pit, one with the flavor OF .
Bartlett pear, one having Q rare FRI.
GRANGE, many plumes Of great value,
rapidly replacing older varieties; . wal
nut with shell SO thin that the birds
visited the branches snd destroyed the
nuts, necessitsting the reversIon Of the
process to mske the shell Of the right
thickness; walnut bred with no tan
MIN In its meat, the coloring matter Of
thsskin which has . disagreeabIe taste;
q tree which grows more rapidly than
any other ever known In the temperate
sones Of the world; the Shasta daIsy,
blossom i've 10 seven inches In diam
stsr, made out Of wild Geld dalsy, q
japanese and m English daisy; glad
ioli OF greatly enhanced beauty, taught
TO bloom around their entere stem like
q hyacinth instead Of the old way, on
one side; dahlia with lie disagrsesble
cdor driven out and In lie place the
cdor Of the magnolia blossom; q liiy
with fragrance Of the parma violet, aud
q tcentless vsrbcDs given the inteusi-
Ned fragrance Of the trailing srbutus; a
chsstnut-tres which bears nuts In
eighteen months from time OF seed
planting; fruit trees which will with
stand frcsslnf In bud OF flower; poppy
20 Increased In size until u measures
ten TO twelve inches IN breath, and
then, the process being reversed, bred
down TO less than two inches; the white
blackberry, . rare end beautiful fruit
and a. toothsome as beautiful; thou
sands Of varieties Of lllies. He has
greatly improved the plums, pean,
apples, cherries. grapes. ounces aud
peaches by selection and breeding; has
developed many varieties Of howers,
improving them In color, hardness,
and yield; aud has added much 10 the
productiveness and sdiblllty Of vege-
tables. Pie-pisnt with leaves four feet
In diameter, bearing evcry day In the
year; q prune three or four times larger
than the ordinary French prune and
greatly enriched; the potato, an I'm
provement OF the poisonous potatobalI,
producing rare fruit which grows up
on the top OF q potato; blackberries
without thorns; the imiroved Austra.
Iisu star flower, ono OF the sverissti nr
varieties which TO BE- used for the deco.
ration Of ladies' hats; = lAEkspuT greatly
enlarged In size aud given . delightful
cdor; many improved vAritiss Of grasses;
improved tobacco; these are among ths
works which have come from his hand;
others promising even more importan,
results are now under way"
A grant OF $40, 900 . year for
che next ten year has been made
by the Carnegie Institution Ia
futhsr the work 80 we'll begun
by Mr.. Burbank. The future ID
full of promise In this new f;eld