LUTHER BURBANK 



Then there are luscious blackberries that are 

 pure white, and others that grow on vines that 

 are as free from thorns as the twigs of an apple 

 tree. 



Also there is the sunberry, a palatable fruit 

 produced by combining the traits of two inedible 

 nightshades, and there are numerous new varieties 

 of strawberries, huckleberries, currants, gooseber- 

 ries, and elderberries, as well as sundry rare ex- 

 otics that will claim our attention in due course. 



NEW VEGETABLES AND FLOWEES 



In the vegetable garden, Mr. Burbank achieved 

 his earliest success through the production of the 

 Burbank potato, the full story of which will be 

 told presently. He has worked effectively with all 

 the familiar types of garden vegetables, his efforts 

 culminating, perhaps, in the development of the 

 now celebrated Crimson winter rhubarb, the an- 

 cestor of which came from New Zealand. 



Among thousands of experiments with flowers 

 it is hard to choose, so many and so notable are 

 the developments. The Shasta daisy, which com- 

 bines the strains of species from Europe, from 

 Japan, and from America, has exceptional inter- 

 est both from a scientific and from a popular 

 standpoint. But scarcely less interesting are the 

 hybridizing experiments through which were pro- 

 duced the giant amaryllis with its nearly twelve- 

 inch blossom, the spectacular tigridias, the scented 

 callas, dahlias, and verbenas, the beautiful wat- 



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