Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1910 — THE WONDERBERRY OR SUNBERRY [ARTICLE]

THE WONDERBERRY OR SUNBERRY

Hm Proved a Great Sncceaa—Thousands Say It’s the Best Thins They Ever Grew. The Wonderberry or Sunberry, the marvelous garden fruit originated by Luther Burbank, and introduced by John Lewis Childs, the well-known seedsman of Floral Park, N. Y., has proved a great success all over the country. Thousands of people say it Is the best thing they ever grew. Mr. John Burroughs, the well-known author. Naturalist and bosom-friend of Theodore Roosevelt, says it is the most delicious pie berry he ever tasted, and a marvelous cropper. A Director of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station says it fruits abundantly even In pure sand. In the short season of Northwestern Canada it Is a godsend, and fruits long after frost has killed most garden truck. D. S. Hill, Wichita, Kan., says thirty people grew it there last season with perfect satisfaction. K. S. Enochs, Hammond, La., says it yields $250 worth of fruit per acre wtthhlm. Mrs. j. H. Powers, 4732 Kenwood avenue, Chicago, raised enough berries on a space 4xlo fset to supply herself and friends.

J. P. Swallow, Kenton, Ohio, says its equal for all purposes does not exist. Rev. H. B. Sheldon, Pacific Grove, Cal., says he likes the berries served In any and every way. W. T. Davis, Enon, Va., says it is true to description in every way, and fruits in three months from seed. Judge Morrow, of U. S. Circuit Court, says the Wonderberry is simply delicious raw or cooked. Mr. Childs exhibited one plant five months old bearing 10,375 berries which measured about eight quarts. Mrs. Hattie Vincent, Hayden, New Mexico, says it stands long, hard droughts of that climate and fruits abundantly all summer, It is certainly the most satisfactory garden fruit and the greatest Novelty ever Introduced. Duluth, at the head of Lake Superior has the greatest mineral tonnage of any port in the world.