LUTHER BURBANK 



tween the fruits of the parent races. It was a new 

 variety so markedly distinct from either parent 

 as to justify the designation of a new species. 



The new berry was originally called the Hum- 

 boldt, but was subsequently rechristened the Phe- 

 nomenal by the purchaser. 



The new fruit was not altogether unlike the 

 Loganberry, which was an accidental hybrid dis- 

 covered by Judge J. H. Logan on his place near 

 Santa Cruz, which was believed to be a hybrid 

 between the red raspberry and the California 

 dewberry. But the Phenomenal is far superior 

 in size, quality, color, and productivity, and it is 

 gradually displacing the Loganberry. 



Unfortunately the two are sometimes con- 

 founded, and unscrupulous dealers have been 

 known to sell the Loganberry under the name 

 Phenomenal. 



The new fruit, like most other plant develop- 

 ments — the Burbank plum, the Wickson plum, 

 and the Pineapple quince, for example — ^was not 

 fully appreciated for about ten years. But it is 

 now a standard berry on the Pacific Coast, and as 

 far as possible it is being introduced in other re- 

 gions wherever it will thrive. As already noted, 

 it is probably the largest of all known berries. As 

 a fruit for drying and canning it is of the first 

 importance. 



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