THE APPLE—A FRuIT WORTHY 
OF 
STILL FURTHER IMPROVEMENT 
New ApPLes AND How To MAKE THEM 
Nomenclature of the Apple you would find 
that about eight thousand varieties of this 
fruit are listed by name,—not counting synonyms, 
of which each variety has several. 
And you would receive assurance that the cat- 
alogue includes only such selected varieties as 
have attracted more or less attention in this coun- 
try alone. 
After scanning this list you might be excused 
if you felt disposed to turn your attention to some 
other fruit. An orchard product that already pos- 
sesses eight thousand named varieties may not 
seem at first glance to offer a very good opening 
for the plant developer. It may reasonably be 
supposed to be a fruit that is already pretty well 
developed. 
And in point of fact there is no disputing that 
I: YOU were to look in Regan’s book on the 
[VotumE IV—Cuapter VI] 
