IMPROVING SMALL FRUITS 51 



as having all the other most desirable qualities 

 in the highest degree, and in most of the Eastern 

 States the first mentioned is considered the only 

 variety worth growing, succeeding above all 

 others even in the coldest climates. 



But little merit was seen in the Phenomenal 

 berry when first introduced, but during the past 

 few years until quite lately the demand for the 

 plant could not possibly be met. 



When the Crimson Winter Rhubarb was first 

 introduced, the rhubarb growers in California 

 paid no attention to it, and for some time refused 

 to plant it at all. More recently, fortunes have 

 been made in California and other regions hav- 

 ing a mild climate by its culture, and to-day it 

 is practically the only rhubarb being planted in 

 all mild climates. People did not understand 

 its new and peculiar characters and qualities; 

 time was required to educate them. 



The same might be said of the Shasta daisy 

 and several scores of other plants, and nuts, 

 flowers, fruits, and ornamental and forest trees 

 and vegetables which have been produced on my 

 grounds. 



I have learned through experience that no 

 new fruit will be fully appreciated, or its quali- 

 ties generally known or recognized, for at least 

 ten or twenty years. 



