Show HOW BURBANK WORKS George W V Yo James in Circle Magazine In his methods of working Burbank is quick and decided It was my privilege liege to be with him during one morn mornin mornIn mornin in in his proving grounds at Sevas Sevastopol t pol some seven Se 1 miles from his home Row after row of young plum IlIum trees covered with fruit Cruit stood before us Two assistants were with us one with witha a handful of white cords and one with witha a handful of brown or black ones These Th se are all grown from the same seed Now see how they differ He Re picked a few fe plums first tree Rapidly R he looked at one care carefully carefully fully tasted it and said Kill I had scarcely got my m teeth into the first plum when he was on to the next tree and the next and the next with a rapidity that was simply astounding His keen eyes eres trained to scientific ac accuracy accuracy curacy saw at what seemed to me to tobe tobe tobe be one on glance all the attributes of the tree One taste satisfied him as to tex texture texture te ture juiciness and flavor of the fruit and thus almost in a moment he had hind decided whether that tree was worth keeping for further experimentation or was waste to go to the bonfire Almost as fast as I can write it the words fell feU from his hips Hns II IS Kill If p Keep Kill Kill Keep K p The attendants followed and put on the whIte or black strings which denoted the fate tate of the particular tree |