THE SUNBERRY A PRODUCTION 

 FROM THE WILD 



A NEW FOOD PLANT FROM A POISONOUS FAMILY 



SUPPOSE that you had been trying for twenty- 

 five years to effect a certain purpose say 

 the cross-pollenizing of a particular pair of 

 species of plant. 



Suppose that year by year your efforts had met 

 with total failure; but that finally, just as you were 

 on the point of giving the matter up as Hopeless, 

 you were to attain success. 



Doubtless under these circumstances you would 

 be somewhat elated over your achievement 



Suppose, then, further, that the plant that grew 

 from this hybridization, achieved with such in- 

 finite difficulty, proved a producer of valuable 

 fruit. Suppose that the fruit met with almost im- 

 mediate recognition, and that the plant was widely 

 introduced and attained exceptional popularity. 



And then, finally, suppose that some one should 

 come along and decry the fruit, not because of its 



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