THE SUNBERRY-A PRODUC- 

 TION FROM THE WILD 



A NEW FOOD PLANT FROM THE 

 POTATO FAMILY 



SUPPOSE that you had been trying for 

 twenty-five years to effect a certain pur- 

 pose say the cross-pollenizing of a par- 

 ticular pair of species of plant. 



Suppose that year by year your efforts had 

 met with total failure; but that finally, just as 

 you were on the point of giving the matter up 

 as hopeless, you were to attain success. 



Doubtless under these circumstances you 

 would be somewhat elated over your achieve- 

 ment, the result of so much effort. 



Suppose, then, further, that the plant that 

 grew from this hybridization, achieved with sucfy 

 infinite difficulty, proved a producer of a valu- 

 able new fruit. Suppose that the fruit met with 

 almost immediate recognition, and that the plant 

 was widely introduced and attained exceptional 



popularity. 



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