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A Large, Late-Bearing Red Seedling: The cherry here shown, developed like the others previously shown, in Mr. Burbank's celebrated colony, differs from the one specifically called the Burbank, in that it is a very late bearer. The Burbank bears particularly early. It is desirable to extend the cherry season, and this variety has been preserved chiefly because of its lateness, although it has many other desirable qualities, as the picture suggests.

Identifier: lutherburbankhis04burbuoft (find matches)
Title: Luther Burbank: his methods and discoveries and their practical application. Prepared from his original field notes covering more than 100,000 experiments made during forty years devoted to plant improvement, with the assistance of the Luther Burbank Society and its entire membership, under the editorial direction of John Whitson and Robert John and Henry Smith Williams
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926 John, Robert Whitson, John Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943 Luther Burbank Society
Subjects: Plant-breeding
Publisher: New York Luther Burbank Press
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Such being the case, it should be possible to hybridize this dwarf hardy species with the cherry. The tree has the further valuable property of being able to grow on dry, barren sands. A hybrid cherry having this characteristic from one of its ancestors might be expected to constitute a fruit that would grow in regions too arid for the existing cherry as well as in regions that are too cold. And this is but one of several lines of possible development that invite the plant experimenter who will give attention to this type of cherry.
To suggest one other line of improvement, it is sufficient to call attention to the familiar fact that the cherry has a very brief season. The Burbank cherry fruits two or three weeks earlier than others, as we have learned in another chapter. But even so the total period during which cherries of different varieties are in fruit is very limited. One hears reports of an exceptional cherry tree that fruits a second time in the au-
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A Large, Late-Bearing Red Seedling
The cherry here shown, developed like the others previously shown, in Mr. Burbank's celebrated colony, differs from the one specifically called the Burbank. in that it is a very late bearer. The Burbank bears particularly early. It is desirable to extend the cherry season, and this variety has been preserved chiefly because of its lateness, although it has many Other desirable qualities, as the picture suggests.
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LUTHER BURBANK
tumn. By the usual process of raising numerous seedlings, or by crossing and selection, a variety having this fall-bearing habit might be produced. The value of such a variety is obvious,—though the early ripening of the cherry is at present what gives it greatest value,—and it is well worth the while of the amateur to attempt experiments in this direction.
The fact that cherry trees of one kind or another grow throughout the United States makes it possible for almost anyone to experiment with this fruit. And the opportunities for improvement are especially inviting

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