THE THORNLESS BLACK- 

 BERRY AND OTHERS 



SOME TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE BRAMBLE 



THE nursery rhyme about the wise man and 

 the bramble bush will probably have little 

 meaning for our grandchildren. For the 

 brambles of their day will have no thorns with 

 which to scratch out eyes let alone scratch them 

 in again. 



The thornless blackberry is an accomplished 

 fact, as thousands who have grown them will 

 testify ; and the value of thornlessness in a berry- 

 producing vine is so obvious that the new product 

 cannot fail to supplant the old type. 



Whoever has visited a blackberry or raspberry 

 patch of the old type and attempted to gather 

 the fruit, will recall, doubtless, bringing away 

 souvenirs in the form of scratches that were far 

 more lasting than the fruit itself. 



When those who have the recollection of such 

 souvenirs see the transformed plants and mam- 

 moth clusters of large, beautiful, sweet black- 



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