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Identifier: lutherburbanksbo00binn (find matches)
Title: Luther Burbank's bounties from nature to man
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: (Binner, Oscar E., co., Chicago) (from old catalog)
Subjects: Burbank, Luther, 1849- (from old catalog)
Publisher: (Chicago, Oscar E. Binner co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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roduce good strawberries. It is the first of a newrace which has come to make strawberry growers re-joice. Commercial Value A glimpse of the commercial value of Burbank pro-ductions may be gathered from the fact that the Bur-bank, the earliest of large cherries, (see page 30) andunsurpassed by any cherry of any season, brought atw^holesale public auction $7.50 per 10 pound box in car-load lots, and later sold at a fabulous price of $31.00per box of 10 pounds. Lumber By crossing the native California Black Walnutwith an English Walnut and a New England Black Virginia While I have longbeen impressed withMr. Burbanks work,I am now over-whelmed with thevast amount of goodwhich he has beenable to accomplish.I respect his workabove all that has everbeen done for horti-culture. Prof. Wm. B. AlwoodHorticulturist and Mycol-ogist Virginia College& Experiment Stations. Indiana Burbanks Goldplum is simply thegreatest plum everproduced in thiscountry. —G. A. Grass,Troy, Perry County, Ind. 17
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THORNLESS BLACKBERRY-Produced by Mr. Burbank. Notice how much stur-dier it is than the ordinary thorny branch. New York One need not be a farmer to be interested in farming. The work of a man likeLuther Burbank appeals to an immense constituency. . . . You feel his kindand gentle spirit and before you know it you love him. In visiting his place, onefeels regret that record is not being made of his rich results. His work makes forprogress. —Prof. L. H. Bailey in The Worlds Work. 18 Lumber— continued Walnut he has produced the Paradox and Royal Wal-nuts, staunch and most beautiful trees, which in 17years attained a height of 80 feet, and a circumfer-ence of 6 feet at a height of a mans head, as against aheight of 20 feet and a circumference of 18 inches ofthe ordinary Walnut in 35 years. These trees are des-tined to replenish the lumber supply of the world, andconstitute one of the most important contributions Mr.Burbank has made to the specifically commercial lifeof the world. A Ch

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