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Show FRUIT BREEDING A SCIENCE. Some Notable Triumphs of the De-partment De-partment of Agriculture. Krult breeders havo produced many marvels, but nothing qulto akin to tho unaided performance of a tree In Forfarshire, For-farshire, Scotland, which last yesr grew apples, and whose branches arc this year reported to be laden with pears. Thero are more than 500 different dif-ferent standard kinds of apples on tho IOngllsh market nnd more than 800 different kinds of pears, but n tree with an alternating crop of apples, and pears Is an unnccnuntablo oddity. Now varieties of fruit are frequently produced pro-duced In the laboratories of the Unit-fed Unit-fed St:it"i department of agriculture, whero fruit breeding is carried to a sclentlllc perfection, Other experimenters experi-menters havo made wonderful crosses with peaches and nectarines, and the plumcot Is a now fnilt obtained by breeding the Japnnese plum and tho common apricot. |