THE SUM OF HIS WORK 



Raspberry; and there were no fewer than ten 

 other raspberry hybrids that were listed specifi- 

 cally each under a definitive name or number, 

 and offered for sale as new varieties at a specified 

 price. 



Moreover, a list was given of no fewer than 

 thirty-seven named species of Rubus (the generic 

 name of the tribe of raspberries and blackberries) 

 that had been utilized in the hybridizing experi- 

 ments through which the new varieties have been 

 produced; and the statement was made with refer- 

 ence to the list that "the combinations are endless; 

 the results are startling and as surprising to myself 

 as they will be to others when known." 



An inkling of the work involved in the produc- 

 tion of these unique results is given in an explana- 

 tory paragraph: 



"Everybody appreciates delicious berries, but 

 probably not one person in each million has the 

 faintest idea of the labor and expense of crossing, 

 raising and testing a million new kinds of berries 

 as the writer has done, and selecting with untiring 

 diligence those which are to become standards of 

 excellence as the years roll by. 



The reader of earlier chapters of this work will 

 fully comprehend the sense in which the phrase 

 "a million new kinds of berries" is used. We 

 have learned that each variant type of cultivated 



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