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yields rather promptly to efforts at its improve- 

 ment. There is every probability that it will be- 

 come a much more important fruit in the near 

 future. And among our minor orchard fruits 

 there are few, if any, that offer better opportuni- 

 ties for the plant experimenter. 



There is no single problem of 

 orchard fruit development that 

 offers possibilities of greater im- 

 portance than the development 

 of a cosmopolitan apricot. 



