CHAPTER XI 



The Various Species of Fruits 



Apricot Apple Crab Apples Barberry Blackberry Buffalo Berry 

 Cherry Cranberry Currant Cydonia, or Japan Quince Elder- 

 berry Fig Gooseberry Goumi Grape Huckleberry and 

 Blueberries Japonica Juneberry Loganberry Loquat or Biwa 

 Mulberry Nectarine Papaw Peach Pear Persimmon Plum 

 Species and Varieties Pomegranate Quince Raspberries Sand 

 Cherry Strawberry Viburnum Wineberry 



APRICOT 



THE Apricot is sadly neglected as a family orchard fruit. This 

 is regrettable, first, because the early varieties begin to ripen 

 fully six weeks before really good Peaches, and second, because 

 Apricot flavors are different from those of every other fruit. 



One reason why this tree is so little planted east of the Rocky 

 Mountains is that people have formed their opinions of the fruit from 

 the supplies shipped East from California. This is unfortunate be- 

 cause the varieties growing there for shipping are not of the best 

 dessert quality and also because the fruits when gathered are imma- 

 ture. If these same commercial varieties could be eaten when fully 

 ripe and fresh from the trees in California the Eastern prejudice 



Fig. 81. Apricots well grown set fruit like this every year 



