Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1915 — Buying For the Eyes [ARTICLE]

Buying For the Eyes

There is something to be- said In favor of buying for the eyes. Women naturally want the apples and oranges, the berries and vegetables and other viands on their tables to look pretty .and Inviting. This being the case, it seems as if there were no way out of the difficulty. But there is. We -can reconcile the eye and the palate by breeding fruits and vegetables that combine good looks with good flavor. Luther Burbank has done the world a great service by originating new fruits and vegeables; but his greatest achievement is his demonstration that there is virtually no limit to obtaining fruits of any size, form or flavor desired, and that good looks and flavor can be combined at pleasure with shipping and keeping qualities. He himself is preparing many pleasant surprises of this kind besides the one just referred to, and hundreds of others are at work on the same problems, on which, indeed, the govemmefit is at present spending millions. Every State has its agricultural experiment station, where expert hybridersizers and variety makers are helping .to multiply our pleasures of the table.