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GEOGRAPHY OF OUR FRUITS. 



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Europo- Asian. 



Quince, 

 Raspberry, 

 Strawberry, 

 (The last two mostly supplanted 

 by the American species.) 



Red Currant, 



Black Currant, 



English Gooseberry, 



Wine and Raisin Grape, 



Olive, 



Pomegranate, 



Date, 



Fig, 



Filbert, 



European Chestnut, 



English Walnut, . 



Pistachio. 



— 22 species. 



Eastern Asian. 

 Kaki, or Japanese Persimmon, 

 Orange, 

 Mandarin, 

 Lemon (including lime and cit-, 



ron), 

 Kumquat, 

 Loquat, 

 Hovenia, 

 Chinese Jujube, 

 Litchi, 

 Elseagnus, 

 Myriea, 



Japanese Walnut, 

 Japanese Chestnut, 

 Ginkgo. 



— 21 species. 



The eastern Asian species of fruits now grown in 

 this country are already about equal in number- to 

 those from Europe and western Asia — the latter coun - 

 try "the cradle of the human race" — and they com- 

 prise some of the most important fruits known to man, 

 as the orange, lemon, peach, apricot and kaki. There 

 is certainly abundant reason for looking towards ori- 

 ental Asia for further acquisitions, either in other 

 species or in novel varieties. 



