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INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER . . . Vli 

 TABLE OE FRUITS . . . XIV 

 THE APPLE . . . .1 

 THE PEAR . . . 29 

 THE QUINCE . . . .41 

 THE MEDLAR . . . 46 

 THE PLUM . . . .60 

 CHERRY RIPE . . . 65 

 THE PEACH . . . .80 

 THE DATE .' . . . 94 

 THE GRAPE . . . .109 

 THE GOOSEBERRY AND CURRANT . 135 

 THE BARBERRY . . . .150 

 THE CRANBERRY AND ITS ALLIES, THE WHORTLE- 

 BERRY AND BILBERRY . . 156 

 THE ORANGE AND ITS ALLIES, THE LEMON, CIT- 

 RON, AND SHADDOCK . . . 162 

 THE POMEGRANATE . . 184 

 THE RASPBERRY AND ITS ALLIES, THE BLACK- 

 BERRY, DEWBERRY, ETC. . . .189 

 STRAWBERRIES . . . 197 

 THE MELON . . . .211 

 THE MULBERRY . .225 

 THE FIG .... 232 

 THE PINE-APPLE . . 251 

 NUTS 264 



