New-York tribune., 1907-08-04

the big pals of frothing milk come In from the
barn. -
blackberry pie is invention that ranks with
those of Morse ana Fulton and Edison. 1t is rarely
tasted in these days: the art IS almost lost thlk
the recipe runs: Two inches deep OF the rlpest
berries with just enough -four sprnkled all through
20 make a fine pulp with the Juice; Mem. but TINS
be done with brains. As for straWberrles II
they do not fully satisfy you with cream ADVISE
a shorcake. IT is a berry not easily spoiled; ony
one must not buy nubs and knots and suppose them
TO be Strawberries. I confess that for years /
could red raSpberrics. and even no" 90
prefer them, yet for some reason nature mas
put into this berry amount Of evolution ot
all berries this Is the that rules the market
and the price IS going up every year thihK the
real secret iq that no other berry takes well TO
the art OF canning. Housewives are pTouh 49, ~ ~
canned goods and like to look at them, in rows on
the storeroom shelves They buy the berry that
Will look brightest after being partly cooked Now
let me tell YOU a secret that no two sorts Of red
raspberries taste alike when cooked, and by all
the is a dark purple. which We call Shdi-
fe-'s ColossaI-a huge berry. but homely in the
can. However. why tell of Il. no one VIII buy X
the more The havorless CUthbert viii stin draw
the dollars. because OF its beauty. II Is tn" same
way with the currants for the r'd Will sell while
the white are by all odds the sweetest and best
would like nothing just now better than a dish ~
White Grape currauts ana a Spr'nk!nE ~ W"lte
granulatcd sugar. Better Vet. 70 sit under bush,
and in a neiehborly way help to unload II. ] have
a seeding that stands seven feet high. and one may
sit In its shade while he royalty icaSts The fruit
Is red. hope day t" have as hE and nnr
tree bearing white fruit. one should not live for
nothing. He should make the world better OF, ana
he should have his ideals.
Burbank is at all wizard The wonder is
have not hundred tires as rapid progress
In fruit Improvement a great deal Of progress IS
lost because not educated TO see Il when
nature puts its under our eyes. Unfortunately our
schools have more 10 say about iamhics than about
strawberries. l N that within ten years We
shall have Strawberries big Svckel pears. and
/ stems. stalks two feet high. RlSpb"rrtcs
Will approach two inches In diameter. but black
berries perfection already-just right, all but
tho thorns. Who Will get rid OF them for US?
/ berry garden IS the summation Of modern science
( applied o common life. It Is the melowest soil.
just hankng the apple orchard and It IS as much
. loved by the bees 10y folks.
Country life is not play: It is work. yet one may
make IL very beautiful-as easily he spoil il
all with poor planning and bad habits. Everything
/ Burbanking the world. and has been at it this
long while Burbank himself Is only of her by
products In bringing about bettcrm"nt. She has
always been crossing and reCrOssng her fruits and
! flowers and every little while she re
markabe novelty. one day the slope Of the
harvest hills, in the OF a rail fence. ! found
( a gooseberry. red a curraut, and ripe the
Fourth OF July. A robin had eaten n berry in
farmers garden that held natural cross,
and then she had dropped the seed upon the hill
side-careess enough-only that I happened along
bearing the reddest and the earliest of all goose
berries. | have 1t multiplied. and growing
my garden. Go carefully, and observingly, and you
will somewhere find In the bushes of these fine
productions waiting for you for It. So
It is that home becames garden, and the garden
is full OF evolution. and It is there berry
ins-E p Powell. in The Outing Magazine