"Fine fruit is the most perfect union of the useful and the beautiful that 

 the earth knows. Trees full of soft foliage; blossoms fresh with spring 

 beauty; and, finally, fruit, rich, bloom-dusted, melting and luscious, 

 such are the treasures of the orchard and the garden, temptingly offered 

 to every land holder in this bright and sunny, though temperate 

 climate." DOWNING, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 



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M. G. KAINS 



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A.T. DE LA MARE COMPANY, INC. 



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"It is much to be desired that the fruit-garden shall mturn to the men's 

 minds, with its personal appeal and its collection^ of many choice 

 varieties, even the names of which are' now unknown to the fruit-loving 

 public. The discriminating admiration of fruits for ^odor, good form, 

 and color, and for choice quality is unknown among usltoday. * * * 

 The commercial market ideals have come to be controlling, and most 

 fruit eaters have never eaten a first-class apple, or pe^r or peach, and 

 do not know what such fruits are: * * * All this is as much to be 

 deplored as a loss of standards of excellence in literature or music, for 

 it is an expression of lack of resources and a failure oi sensitiveness." 

 L. H. BAILEY, Principles iV Fruit Growing. 



