Luther Burbank's Berry Finds a Home in Lynden
Local gardener V. S. Steinhauer cultivates a hybrid berry developed by the famous botanist Luther Burbank.
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The editor strolled into Mr. V. S. Steinhauer's yard the other evening while out gathering news and was called by Mr. Steinhauer to a patch of phenomenal berries. The bushes look very much like blackberry brush but the berries are more like mammoth raspberries. In fact, when ripe they are about two inches in diameter. The berry is a product of Wizard Burbank's experiments; it is a cross between the red raspberry and the dewberry and is an ideal canning berry. Mr. Steinhauer has three rows of the berries about four rods long and it will do you good to go up and look at them when you come in town.
“The bushes look very much like blackberry brush but the berries are more like mammoth raspberries. In fact, when ripe they are about two inches in diameter.”
Experimental agriculture was a major hobby and economic driver in Whatcom County during this era; today, the region remains a hub for specialty berry production.
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