Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application - Vol XI

Mr. Burbank begins with a chapter, which, to the majority of readers, must be novel, describing, as it does, the business side of raising nut crops. He continues throughout the range of profitable nuts, discussing the papershell and other walnuts, the almond, the chestnut, the hickory and a miscellaneous company of other nuts - with many definite suggestions for improvement.

He tells, also in this volume the method employed to produce in twelve years a walnut tree such as nature takes seventy years to produce; he gives his ideas on how reforestation may be accomplished profitably; he describes each class of tree which yields us gums and syrups, and concludes with a practical chapter on trees and shrubs for shade and ornamentation, together with a number of new tree experiments which offer encouragement.

Some of the chapters are: The Almond and Its Improvement, On Growing Trees and Lumber, Trees Whose Products are Useful Substances and many more.