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nations are endless; the results are startling and 

 as surprising to myself as they will be to others 

 when known." 



An idea of the work involved in the production 

 of these unique results is given in an explanatory 

 paragraph : 



"Everybody appreciates delicious berries, but 

 probably not one person in each million has the 

 faintest idea of the labor and expense of crossing ? 

 raising, selecting, and testing a million new kinds 

 of berries as the writer has done, and select- 

 ing with untiring diligence those which are to 

 become standards of excellence as the years 

 roll by." 



The reader of earlier chapters of this work 

 will fully comprehend the sense in which the 

 phrase "a million new kinds of berries" is used. 

 We have learned that each variant type of culti- 

 vated fruit is regarded by the orchardist as an 

 independent variety, owing to the fact that it 

 may be propagated indefinitely by division or by 

 grafting. 



"A million new kinds" refers to the endless 

 diversity of individual forms among hybrid 

 blackberries and raspberries, from among which 

 a score or so had been selected as worthy of 

 introduction. It should be added, however, that 

 certain of these, including the Primus berry and 



