LUTHER BURBANK 



that have arisen from this alliance is an integral 

 part of the story of the blackberry. But it may 

 be told to best advantage in connection with the 

 story of the raspberry in the succeeding chapter. 



The thornless blackberry is 

 an accomplished fact, and the 

 value of thornlessness in a 

 berry producing vine is so 

 obvious that the new product 

 can hardly fail to supplant the 

 old type of briar bush quite 

 rapidly. 



