LUTHER BURBANK 



Salmon berry. One has the pale yellow fruit, the 

 other reddish, varying to dark crimson. These 

 two varieties may be seen growing side by side, 

 in some instances without intermingling, each in- 

 dividual bush producing berries of one distinct 

 quality and color. 



The Salmon berry requires a damp, cool atmos- 

 phere and moist soil. When transplanted into the 

 warm valleys it does not thrive. There chances 

 to be a moist piece of sandy land on my Sebasto- 

 pol farm, however, where it thrives fairly well. 

 Here we have grown the Salmon berries from 

 Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Northern Minnesota, 

 and various parts of northern and central Cali- 

 fornia for more than twenty years. 



Among these I have noticed considerable varia- 

 tion in the size and color of both fruit and flowers. 

 My experiments, however, have not been carried 

 out extensively, partly because of the difficulty that 

 attends the growing of the Salmon berry in this 

 locality. But I have gone far enough to make me 

 confident that the fruit is worthy of further devel- 

 opment, although I shall probably leave the task 

 for someone who is more favorably situated geo- 

 graphically for the cultivation of this particular 

 fruit. 



THE JAPANESE GOLDEN MAYBERRY 



We have already learned that the Rubuses are 



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