Luther Burbank: his methods and discoveries and their practical application
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Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926. Whitson, John; John, Robert; Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943, Editor
Luther Burbank: his methods and discoveries and their practical application
Volume V
Luther Burbank Press, 1914
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Contents
[Frontispiece] A basket of plums
[Title page] Luther Burbank: his methods and discoveries and their practical application
[Contents] Volume V -- by chapters
[How the plum followed the potato -- Luther Burbank's first work in California], pp. [unnumbered]-38
Four Burbank plums, and how they were made -- methods which brought unprecedented success, pp. [39]-[78]
The greatest plum of all -- the prune -- forty years in search of a perfect prune, pp. [79]-109
[Four Burbank prunes, and the work behind them -- revolutionizing an entire industry], pp. [110]-137
[Plums and prunes without stones and seeds -- how all fruits may become seedless], pp. [138]-[165]
[Planning an ideal plum or prune -- the requirements and how they may be met], pp. [166]-[195]
[New plums and prunes in the process of making -- some suggestions on which others may build], pp. [196]-[246]
What the Burbank plums and prunes have earned -- the opportunity which improvement opens up, pp. [247]-273
[Accomplishing the impossible -- the plumcot -- a cross which man had said could never be made], pp. [274]-302 ff.
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