ON THE APRICOT AND THE LOQUAT 
grown without difficulty, but where no fruit can 
be produced because the blossoms are invariably 
blasted by the frosts or near-frosts that are sure 
to come after they are put forth. 
It is obvious, then, that this fruit presents a 
very specific and unusual problem for the plant 
developer. 
In case of many other fruits, to be sure, it is 
desirable to increase hardiness; but with no other 
fruit that we have hitherto considered is it so 
preeminently desirable to focus on this single ob- 
ject. For in the case of no other is there so strik- 
ing a disparity between the roots and the blos- 
soms as regards the climate to which they are 
adapted. 
MAKING THE AprIcoT HARDY 
The idea that naturally suggests itself to the 
plant developer is that of selective breeding, in 
which the individuals chosen are those that have 
shown themselves relatively able to withstand 
cold. 
These, of course, can readily be selected in any 
region along the outer limits of the apricot’s pres- 
ent zone of productivity, by merely noting the 
exceptional individuals that produce fruit in the 
season when their fellows are rendered infertile 
by the frost. 
Seedlings grown from these relatively hardy 
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