CHAPTER III 



FRUITS 



T \ THEN the fruit trees blossom in late 

 ^ April and early May, the whole 

 country where we live becomes, from the 

 many orchards on all sides, one great gar- 

 den. The exquisite pink-tinged apple blos- 

 soms, the pale pink blooms of the peach, 

 the masses of delicate color set in the tender 

 green of budding leaves and fresh grass, all 

 breathing the fragrance of the Spring, make 

 the scene one of beauty indescribable. We 

 can understand and sympathize with the 

 Japanese in their love of the cherry, peach, 

 and plum blossoms, and envy them the life 

 that makes it possible to lay work aside for 

 a time every day and flock to the gardens, 

 where the cult of the fruit tree and the 

 Wistaria, of Pasonies, Lilies, and Chrys- 

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