aoa THE NEW AGRICULTURE. 



So convenient and advantageous is seedlessness in any fruit 

 that this characteristic appeals at once, not only to the far- 

 sighted grower, the shrewd dealer, the multitudinous con- 

 sumer, but to the casual observer as well. With the single 

 exception of use as food for animals, to which various kinds 



CHAPTER VI., FIG. 55. THE SPENCER SEEDLESS APPLE. 



of fruit is sometimes put, there is, perhaps, not another service 

 in which seeds and core is not a distinct detriment and disad- 

 vantage. The great navel orange is an example of what seed- 

 lessness means in the world's fruit markets, since this variety 

 is not only a pronounced favorite with everybody concerned, 



