FOREWORD TO VOLUME VI 



In this volume Mr. Burbank tells how he 

 produced the thornless blackberry, the white 

 blackberry, the new thornless raspberry, and all 

 of those other berry transformations which excite 

 endless wonder in the minds of the uninitiated 

 yet which were produced by methods so simple, 

 once understood, that they seem no more wonder- 

 ful, after all, than their conventional cousins, with 

 which, since childhood, we have been familiar. 



In this, as well as in the other volumes, there 

 are indications, and suggestions, wherever pos- 

 sible, of other improvements which are needed, 

 and an outline of the ways in which there is 

 likelihood that they may be brought about with 

 always a view to the practical betterment of 

 existing berry patches. 



THE EDITORS. 



