BERRIES AND GARDEN FRUITS 



Mr. Burbank's experiments show that it is pos- 

 sible to effect hybridization between all the dif- 

 ferent varieties of blackberries and raspberries, 

 and that interesting new varieties are produced in 

 almost endless profusion. There is perhaps no 

 other field that offers a readier opportunity for 

 interesting experiments. Anyone who has a few 

 bearing plants of the blackberry or raspberry in 

 his garden has an equipment adequate for all his 

 needs. 



If you have plants of a single variety only, you 

 may readily secure pollen of another variety from 

 the plants of a neighbor, and thus an experiment 

 may be inaugurated that is almost certain later 

 to produce fascinating developments. 



It is even within the possibilities that you may 

 produce a berry as unique and remarkable as 

 Mr. Burbank's Primus or his Phenomenal or his 

 Himalaya. Short of that, you are certain to de- 

 velop hybrid forms that differ in some respect 

 from either parent. And the novelty of having 

 a berry that is different from anything ever seen 

 before will be adequate reward for the compara- 

 tively small effort involved. 



It is stimulative to recall that the Loganberry, 

 representing a new type of fruit that has found 

 its way into thousands of gardens, was a chance 

 hybrid between a raspberry and a blackberry 

 cross-fertilized by the bees. If an insect can thus 

 create a remarkable new species, what may not 

 you hope to accomplish? 



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