SUPPLEMENT TO
The Omaha Sunday Bee
Luther Burbank Section
Volume XLII
Omaha, Nebraska, April 6, 1913
Number 42
1 ft
The New Edible Cactus Fruit
Direct Color PHotorapHic Reproduction
This is tHo first color reproduction ever published of the luscious new fruit
which Mr. DurbunK has coaxed from the desert cuctus. This fruit contains id
most as much moisture as -watermelon, and has a flavor between that of the pine
apple and the raspberry. Even under unfavorable conditions this new form of
cactus has produced as much as seventy-five tons of this delicious fruit per
acre per year. A. color reproduction of the fruit as it grows on the cactus is
shown on pages eight and nine of this section.
The editorial matter and illustrations for this interesting Luther llurbank section were supplied by The Luther llurbank Society. This Society,
numbering among its members some of the foremost men and women of America, was chartered by the State of California for the purpose of giving
the broadest possible dissemination to Luther Hurbank's methods and discoveries, so that, instead of being permitted to die with him, the whole
world may learn and apply and profit by them. The Society is not organized for profit and is supported by the fees paid by its members. In the
work of arousing interest in these newer and better methods of agriculture, horticulture and plant Improvement, The Society has prepared a number of
specific bulletins or monographs, illustrated with direct color photograph prints, which are intended to give practical aid to the farmer, fruit-grower,
gardener and flower lover in his or her daily work whether this work is undertaken as a means of livelihood, or merely as a source of pleasure.
These bulletins or color monographs will be sent free to those who write. See pages IS and 16.
COPYRIOHT. IBIS. BT THE LUTHER BURBANK SOCIETY