CHAPTER XXI 



ORCHARD FRUITS 



EXCEPTING the citrus fruits, nut trees, and the olive, 

 nearly all the fruits grown in our orchards belong to the 

 rose family of plants. These are in two groups, 

 namely, stone fruits, which have a single seed or pit, 



FIG. 164. Fruit orchard in the plains country, Utah. 



like cherries, plums, peaches, and apricots; and pome 

 fruits, which, like the pear and quince, have from five 

 to ten seeds, forming a ' ' core " in the center of the fleshy 

 fruit. If we cut an apple across, we see the five seed- 

 vessels, each with two seeds. Wild apples (crab apples) 



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