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BUEBANK'S 1921 NEW CREATIONS IN SEEDS 
Common Swiss CHard Beet Valuable for poultry, producing a large lot of 
i^ommon owiss v.nara oeei ^^^^^ ^^^^ shortest time. Ounce, 10c; 
pound, $1; per 100 pounds, not prepaid, special rate. 
The Sunberrv Burbank Sunberry, an absolutely new species of Solanum 
^ created on my own farms, is an annual berry plant of the easiest 
culture, thriving even on rather poor soil. The berries are almost exactly like 
the large, sweet huckleberries of the Eastern states. The plants bear enormous 
quantities of berries which are highly prized for cooking, canning, etc. Grown 
and treated same as tomato plants, but with much less care. The Sunberry is 
especially prized in the cold North and in hot desert countries where other berries 
do not thrive. 
The berries, like some blackberries, should be allowed to ripen two weeks after 
turning black if to be eaten raw, when they become very sweet and delicious, and 
will then remain in good condition on the plants in dry climates for two months 
or more. If to be cooked they may be used in a week or so after turning black. 
A dozen large packing firms could be profitably employed in canning this fruit 
for two or three months each season. Will thrive in any climate and on any soil. 
On rich soil plant 3x4 feet apart; on poor soil, 2x3 feet. The berries may be 
rapidly gathered on a cloth by threshing the plants with a light stick. The ordi- 
nary production per acre is from twenty-five to forty thousand pounds. Packet, 
15c; ounce, 40c. 
San Bernardino, Cal., April 15, 1920. — I got the seed from a few plants of "Sunberry" grown 
in a garden here, and from about 75 plants I picked 200 pounds of berries. Sold the berries to 
neighbors and some to a bakery here in this city. The bakery used the berries for pies. Only a 
small quantity of the berries was grown here and the bakery could not get berries enough to 
supply the demand for "huckleberry" pies. F. L. 
Orland, Cal., Feb. 20, 1920. — The "Sunberry" bears all summer, and proves to be just the thing 
for this hot, dry climate. We found them a delicious pie fruit. Mrs. F. J. 
Mount Angel, Ore., Feb. 17, 1920. — I especially want the "Sunberry," as I have tried them and 
like them so much. Mrs. T. L. A. 
Etna Mills, Cal., Feb. 3, 1920. — Your "Sunberry" is something wonderful. We used them in 
preserves and pies, and they are delicious served both ways. Mrs. M. E. C. 
Lakeport, Cal., Feb. 7, 1920. — I have grown the "Sunberry" for three years, and I think it is a 
wonder. My children choose it in preference to any fruit we have canned. My vines are four or 
five feet across and loaded with fruit. They surely deserve a greater popularity. I can not 
understand why there is not more grown. R. V. G. 
Blocksburg, Cal., Aug. 20, 1919. — We are greatly pleased with the plants grown from your seed, 
especially your Sunberry. We, and every one who has eaten them in pie and sauce pronounce 
them the finest fruit we have ever eaten. Dr. R. C. W. 
San Gabriel, Cal., Sept. 18, 1919. — Your little sunberries are a great success — most delicious 
pie-fruit I ever ate; identical in flavor and consistency with the Eastern Blueberry and Huckle- 
berry pie. Rev. A. D. 
Cincinnati, Ohio, April 21, 1919. — I grew the Sunberry two years ago and found them delicious. 
F. Y. G. 
Watsonville, Cal., Feb. 10, 1920. — I tried the "Sunberry" two years ago and found it a strong 
grower, heavy bearer, and about as good as the blueberry and huckleberry as I remember them 
at their best fresh picked on my Wisconsin farm. I feel that these should be generally grown 
in family gardens. C. H. H. 
Fort Bragg, Cal. — The Sunberries did well and were very prolific. We had some pies that were 
great. " S. A. B. 
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 19, 1919. — Regarding the article in your last catalogue on "Sunberries"; 
it seems almost too good to be true that they require no irrigation. I have a contract with a 
lirm in Sacramento that operates two restaurants, for the entire crop of Sunberries, so if you 
think irrigation would ensure a more abundant crop would very much appreciate your ooinion. 
Mrs. W. S. H. 
A New Hybrid Cucumber "Iceland" The "Lemon" Cucumber, a native of 
Central America, is a quite distinct 
species from the common long green cucumbers so universally grown. It is small 
and not a good form for slicing, yet the quality is so superior that it is grown 
more and more extensively each season for home use. By crossing this species 
with a long snow-white cucumber, sent out a few years ago, a new and wholly 
distinct cucumber has been produced, which surpasses all other cucumbers in 
crispness and delicacy of flavor and is snow white, oval, medium size, and most 
astonishingly productive, often three hundred cucumbers to each vine. In the 
combination of these good qualities it is unequaled by any other cucumber. You 
will probably have more fun raising and eating these cucumbers than anything 
else in the garden. Price per packet, 15c; three packets, 30c; ounce, 60c. 
Signal Mountain, Tenn. — I have enjoyed the flavor of the "Iceland" cucumber very much. The 
flavor IS more delicate than any other we have ever used. R. C. H. 
Clovis, Cal., Jan. 27, 1919. — Found the cucumbers most delicious. Mrs. F. A. O. 
Sardis, B. C, Canada, Feb. 4, 1919. — Your "Iceland" cucumber had literally hundreds of cucum- 
bers to a vine and were the most delicious we ever tasted. I never in my life saw such vines — 
the flowers were one brilliant mass. Mrs. R. E. C. H. 
