LUTHER BURBANK 



So much remains to be told concerning the 

 plants with which more notable developments 

 have been achieved, that it seems best to conserve 

 space by treating the fruits that are now under 

 consideration somewhat summarily. 



It will appear, however, that the amount of 

 work done in connection with these various fruits 

 is by no means inconsiderable; and that in more 

 than one instance results have been attained that 

 would warrant more extended consideration were 

 it not that they must be viewed in a relative scale. 



Let us then somewhat briefly run over the list 

 of a number of interesting fruits that fully justify 

 the title under which they are classified in the 

 present chapter, yet which have associated with 

 them no story quite so spectacular as some others 

 that have been reviewed in recent pages. 



We may first recall a few less conspicuous 

 members of the great Rubus family the bram- 

 bles. The more notable members of this remark- 

 able family have been dealt with at length. But 

 we cannot take leave of so notable a group without 

 at least incidental reference to a few other mem- 

 bers of the tribe that have shown interesting pos- 

 sibilities of development. 



One of the most interesting among these minor 

 Rubuses is the western raspberry, a wild black 

 species, known to the botanist as Rubus leucoder- 



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