THE CULTIVATED FRUITS OF 

 AUTUMN 



The most conspicuous of these are the Apple, 

 Pear, Peach, and Plum, together with the Grape 

 and Tomato; the Cherry, very near the Plum 

 in structure, ripens in midsummer. Of these 

 the Apple is by far the most beautiful and the 

 most useful fruit. A healthy fruiting Apple- 

 tree is a thing of beauty; the poise of a leafless 

 tree is that of rugged, picturesque strength, 

 braced and squared to bear its burden of fruit. 

 One may apply to the Apple, with little change, 

 the saying of Izaak Walton in respect to the 

 Strawberry: "Doubtless God might have made 

 a better fruit but doubtless God never did," 

 and this in full knowledge of the delicious 

 Orange, the wondrous Grape-Fruit, and the 

 luscious Peach. 



A cross-section shows clearly the structure of 

 the Apple. A thin strong skin, a body of pulp, 

 filling a clear space of several cubic inches, a 



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