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The Strange, Twisted Story Behind Seattle's Blackberries

Thomas Edison (from left), Luther Burbank and Henry Ford. Two are still world-famous; the guy in the middle brought us many crop experiments, including the Himalayan blackberry that's now inescapable in Seattle. (New York Botanical Garden/LuEsther T. Mertz Library/Biodiversity Heritage Library)
Thomas Edison (from left), Luther Burbank and Henry Ford. Two are still world-famous; the guy in the middle brought us many crop experiments, including the Himalayan blackberry that's now inescapable in Seattle. (New York Botanical Garden/LuEsther T. Mertz Library/Biodiversity Heritage Library)

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