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ROSE CUTTINGS DEVELOPED BY SELECTIVE 



BREEDING 64 



THE WICKSON PLUM 78 



SANTA ROSA PLUM 84 



GETTING COLOR INTO THE PEAR .... 92 



SHIRO PLUMS 116 



A CURIOUS FRUIT 120 



NAMELESS SEEDLINGS 128 



SOME CURIOUS SHORT-STEMMED HYBRIDS . 138 



IMPROVED HOLLY CHERRY 144 



THE HOLLY CHERRY 148 



A PATRICIAN 158 



DISSIMILAR TWINS 168 



AN IDEAL PEAR 176 



THE NECTARINE 184 



THE LEADER PEACH . . . . . . . 188 



A NEW SEEDLING NECTARINE ..... 194 



THE EXQUISITE PEACH 200 



A BEAUTIFUL SEEDLING APPLE .... 210 



THE CRAB APPLE ....... f 216 



THREE SEEDLING APPLES .' 220 



NAMELESS BEAUTIES 224 



GETTING ON IN THE WORLD 228 



HALF-SWEET, HALF-SOUR APPLE .... 232 



VAN DEMAN QUINCE 238 



PINEAPPLE QUINCE 244 



THE MEDLAR A COUSIN OF THE QUINCE . 252 



APRICOT AND SEED 264 



THE APRICOT 270 



A BUNCH OF THE COMMON LOQUATS . . 274 



IMPROVED LOQUATS 278 



IMPROVED LOQUATS .... 282 



