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5. Mention the name of the new variety of potato plant grown by
Burbank.
6. How was the weather in the State of California?

7. How many varieties of fruits did Burbank grow on an acre of his
farm?
8. What is grafting?

c2 Which of the following things was Burbank able to do because
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of his experimentation? [Tick off [ √ ] against the true state
ments, and [ × ] against others.
a] growing hundreds of varieties of apples. [ ]

b] spending 15 years for a tree to bear fruit. [ ]
c] Making a young plant yield fruit in a year or two [ ]

d] growing about 526 varieties of apples in an acre of
his farm [ ]

Read and Write :

Read and discuss your responses with your partner. Then
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write.
1. How did Burbank’s genius benefit the life of the common man?

2. Why did Burbank move from Massachusetts to California?
3. What did Burbank call his new home? Why?

4. How did grafting help Burbank in his experimentation?
5. In what way did Burbank save space and speed up his
experiments?

6. What were Burbank’s experiments on cherry, blackberry, cactus
and shasta daisy?

c4 Write a paragraph on each of the following.
1. Write a note of Burbank’s early life.

2. Describe the three techniques on which Burbank’s experiments
were based.
3. How did Burbank react when some of his efforts ended in failure?

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