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attention at an early date and thus were devel- 

 oped to their present status. 



Some other members of the family, such as the 

 hawthorn, the mountain ash, the wineberry, the 

 Juneberry, the thimbleberry, and the bridal rose, 

 have failed to be taken under man's protection 

 and hence have not had their fruiting possibilities 

 developed. But some at least of these are well 

 worthy of consideration, and from among them 

 there will doubtless be developed sooner or later 

 many new varieties of fruit that will be consid- 

 ered valuable acquisitions. 



We shall now have our attention called to yet 

 another coterie of fruit bearers of which good 

 things may be expected. Some of these are 

 familiar natives or plants that have become 

 acclimated in this country, others are foreigners 

 known only to the specialist. The fact that at 

 least one or two of them are known as bearers of 

 interesting or beautiful flowers and have been 

 cultivated for ornamental purposes adds interest, 

 and makes the outlook for the development of 

 their neglected fruiting possibilities seem still 

 more enticing. 



It should perhaps be added that a few of the 

 fruits to be referred to here are not absolutely 

 inedible even in their present state. But no one 

 of them is to be compared with our standard 



