CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGES 

 INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION 1-36 



IXVENTORY OF FRUITS. Orchard culture or tree-fruit cul- 

 ture Pomaceous fruits Drupaceous or stone fruits Citrous 

 fruits Moraeeous fruits Anonaceous fruits Myrtaceous 

 fruits Sapotaceous fruits Anacardiaceous fruits Eben- 

 aceous fruits Leguminous fruits Nut-fruits Palmaceous 

 fruits Miscellaneous tree-fruits. Vine-fruit culture Viti- 

 culture Passifloraceous fruits. Small-fruit culture Ru- 

 baceous fruits Ribaceous fruits Miscellaneous bush-fruits 

 Strawberry culture Cranberry culture. Non-woody or 

 herb-like fruits Musaceous fruits Pineapple Cactaceous 

 fruits Miscellaneous herb-like fruits 2-7 



THE GEOGRAPHY OF FRUIT-GROWING. The temperature 

 determinant The moisture determinant The soil deter- 

 minantThe parasite determinant 7-25 



THE COURSE OF EVOLUTION OF A FRUIT-REGION. . . 26-27 



THE OUTLOOK FOR FRUIT-GROWING. The two factors con- 

 cernedFarmers do not become rich Always a demand for 

 the unlike Choice of business is a matter of taste and cap- 

 italFarmer must master his local conditions The fruit- 

 grower, therefore, must be trained Best farmers are often 

 not brought up on the farm The farmer is his own business 

 manager Outlook best in those fruits which make the 

 greatest number of secondary products. 7s there over pro- 

 duction of fruit? Insufficient distribution Tendency must 

 be for cheaper fruit Normal failure of many plantations. . 27-36 



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