LUTHER BURBANK 



gest also the animus of the criticism that has been 

 directed against it. It seemed necessary to advert 

 to this aspect of the matter because a fair propor- 

 tion of the people who have heard of the "Wonder- 

 berry" at all have heard only words of condemna- 

 tion. 



Moreover a large proportion of the people who 

 think they have seen or grown this fruit have in 

 reality never seen it. 



Whoever supposes that the true "Wonder- 

 berry," or Sunberry as I still prefer to call it, is 

 identical with the ordinary nightshade is laboring 

 under an illusion that might readily be dispelled 

 by inspection of the respective plants themselves. 



And whoever doubts that the true Sunberry is 

 an appetizing fruit and a valuable addition to the 

 list of table berries might readily be convinced, 

 had he some neighbor to make the demonstration 

 suggested by our correspondent, through sending 

 him a Sunberry pie. 



But let us forget all controversial aspects of 

 the subject and make inquiry as to the origin of 

 the new fruit. 



The Nightshade Family 



I have elsewhere referred to my interest in the 

 members of the nightshade family, or, as the 

 botanist calls them, the Solanaceae. 



The fact that the potato, with which my first 



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