SEED-VESSELS WE EAT 2OO, 



good fruit. He plays a game with Nature. Once 

 in a lifetime a fine seedling variety is discovered. 

 Such is the Wealthy apple, discovered in a Minne- 

 sota experimental orchard some years ago. The 

 Fameuse, or Snow apple, comes true from seed. 

 For centuries it has been passed along by seeds 

 carried and sent into new territory, in Canada 

 and the United States, from its home in France, 

 until it is distributed across the country. 



The native wild apples of this country are to be 

 found in the woods to-day; we call them wild crab- 

 apples. The eastern species is the only one the 

 early botanists saw. Later, another kind was 

 found from New Jersey to Florida, and westward, 

 the narrow-leaved crab. In the central states 

 the Iowa crab, and in the northwest the " Oregon 

 crab, make four species of wild apples in North 

 America. Siberia has a wild crab, parent of the 

 cultivated crabs we grow in gardens. These little 

 apples are distinct. We use them for jellies and 

 sweet pickles. 



Notably good fruit has resulted from crossing 

 different species of wild apples. Some natural 

 crosses have furnished good kinds. The Indians 

 used the wild apples for food, and were quick to 

 adopt the varieties introduce^ by settlers. In 

 North and South America remnants of Indian 



