THE APRICOT AND THE 

 LOQUAT 



AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERESTING 

 EXPERIMENTS 



"fT^HE only use I have for the apricot," 



said a visitor, "is to supply a flavor for 



soda water; but that use justifies the 



fruit's existence. No other flavor can match it." 



Doubtless my visitor spoke facetiously, but we 

 may all agree with her that there is no other 

 flavor quite to match the flavor of the apricot. 

 Fortunately, however, there are uses to which 

 this splendid fruit may be put in addition to the 

 one she suggested. 



Otherwise it would not be possible to find a 

 market for the two hundred and fifty million 

 pounds or so of apricots that California raises 

 each year. 



In fact, the uses of the apricot are quite as 

 varied as those of most other fruits. 



It is an admirable table fruit in the fresh 

 state for those who live near enough the orchards 



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