Works by Professor Bailey 



The Evolution of Our Native Fruits 



By L. H. BAILEY 



472 PAGES — 125 ILLUSTRATIONS - $2.00 



IN this eutertaiuiug volume, the origiu aud development of the fruits 

 peculiar to North America are inquired into, and the personality 

 of those horticultural 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, even in the 

 records of the great European botanists writing of American economic 

 botany. The conclusions reached, the information presented, and the 

 suggestions as to developments, ably set forth in the terse style of 

 the author at his best, cannot but be valuable to any thoughtful 

 fruit-grower. 



The Evolution of Our Native Fruits discusses The Rise of the American Grape 

 (North America a Natural Viueland, 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 Mulberries (The Early Silk Industry, The 

 "Multieaulis Craze,"); Evolution of Ameri- 

 can Plums and Cherries (Native Plums in 

 (icneral. The Chickasaw, Hortulana, Marianua 

 and Beach Plum Groups, Pacific Coast Plum, 

 Various Other Types of Plums; Native Cherries, 

 Dwarf Cherry Group) ; Native Apples (Indig- 

 enous Species, Amelioration has Begun) ; Ori- 

 gin of American Raspberry - growing (Early 

 American History, Present Types, Outlying 

 Types) ; Evolution of Blackberry and Dewberry 

 Culture (The High-bush Blackberry and Its 

 Kiu, The Dewberries, Botanical Names) ; Various 

 Types of Berry-like Fruits (The Gooseberry, 

 Native Currants, Juneberry, Buffalo Berry, 

 Elderberry, High -bush Cranberry, Cranberry, 

 \-;trawberry) ; Various Types of Tree Fruits (Per- 

 simmon, 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. 



