VARIOUS SPECIES OF FRUITS 



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Wild plants do not transplant very well. Therefore it is best 

 to get nursery grown ones. Seedlings are easy to grow from seed 

 washed free from the ripe pulp and stored underground in the garden 

 till Spring. But since one must wait till these produce blossom buds 

 to recognize the sex it is better to rely upon the nurseries for plants. 

 During the Winter male plants may be recognized by their dense 

 clusters of rounded blossom buds; and female by their fewer, smaller, 

 flatter and more slender ones. The plants need no special kind of soil 

 or method of cultivation. 



CHERRY 



With the exception of a few little-grown varieties of American 

 origin, cultivated Cherries (Fig. 85) have originated from Old World 



Fig. 85. "She can make a Cherry pie" with fruit like this! 



species. They range in acidity from Morellos, which have very 

 tart, reddish juice, and Amarelles, which have less tart, colorless juice, 

 both originating from one species, to the sweet, soft-fleshed hearts and 

 the firm-fleshed Bigarreaus originating from the other. Besides these 

 there are the Dukes which being hybrids of sweet and sour partake 

 of the nature of each, their fruit blending the tartness of the sour with 

 the sweetness of the sweet in sub-acid fruits. The sour varieties are 



