ISSUE 16, BERRIES, Part 5: Mr. Berry

George Darrow, the greatest American Berry Breeder of the 20th century

George Darrow (1887-1983)  

Every age has superlative plant breeders—persons who vibrate sympathetically with the tastes of contemporary consumers, understand the challenges of disease and pestilence, envision new tastes, textures, applications. During the first half of the twentieth century no breeder did more to enhance the pleasure of the table than …