WORKS Bf PROFESSOR BAILEY 



EVOLUTION OF OUR NA- 



TIVE FRUITS. By L. H. BAILEY, Pro- 



fessor of Horticulture in the Cornell University. 



472 PACES -125 ILLUSTRATIONS 92.00 



In this entertaining volume, the origin and de- 

 velopment of the fruits peculiar to North America 

 are inquired into, and the personality of those horti- 

 cultural pioneers whose almost forgotten labors 

 have given us our most valuable fruits is touched 

 upon. There has been careful research into the 

 history of the various fruits, including inspection 

 of the records of the great European botanists who 

 have given attention to American economic botany. 

 The conclusions reached, the information presented, 

 and the suggestions as to future developments, can- 

 not but be valuable to any thoughtful fruit-grower, 

 while the terse style of the author is at its best in 

 his treatment of the subject. 



THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS discusses The Rise of 

 the American Grape (North America a Natural Vineland, Attempts 

 to Cultivate the European Grape, The Experiments of the Dufours, 

 The Branch of Promise, John Adlum and the Catawba, Rise of 

 Commercial Viticulture, Why Did the Early Vine Experiments Fail ? 

 Synopsis of the American Grapes) ; The Strange History of the Mul- 

 berries (The Early Silk Industry, The "Multicaulis Craze,"); Evolu- 

 tion of American Plums and Cherrios (Native Plums in General, 

 The Chickasaw, Hortulana, Marianna and Beach Plum Groups, 

 Pacific Coast Plum, Various Other Types of Plums, Nat<ve Cherries, 

 Dwarf Cherry Group) ; Native Apples (Indigenous Species, Amelio- 

 ration has begun); Origin of American Raspberry-growing (Early 

 American History, Present Types, Outlying Types) ; Evolution of 

 Blackberry and Dewberry Culture (The High-bush Blackberry and 

 Its Kin, The Dewberries, Botanical Names); Various Types of 

 Berry-like Fruits (The Gooseberry, Native Currants, Juneberry, 

 Buffalo Berry, Elderberry, High-bush Cranberry, Cranberry, Straw- 

 berry); Various Types of Tree Fruits (Persimmon, Custard -Apple 

 Tribe, Thorn-Apples, Nut-Fruits) ; General Remarks on the Improve- 

 ment of our Native Fruits (What Has Been Done, What Probably 

 Should Be Done). 



