LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 5 



PAGE 



Rose Cuttings — Developed by Selective 



Breeding 64 



The Wickson Plum 78 



Santa Rosa Plum . 84 



Getting Color Into the Pear .... 92 



Shiro Plums 116 



A Curious Fruit 120 



Nameless Seedlings 128 



Some Curious Short-Stemmed Hybrids . 138 



Improved Holly Cherry 144 



The Holly Cherry 148 



A Patrician . . . 158 



Dissimilar Twins . 168 



An Ideal Pear 176 



The Nectarine 184 



The Leader Peach ........ 188 



A New Seedling Nectarine ..... 194 



The Exquisite Peach 200 



A Beautiful Seedling Apple .... 210 



The Crab Apple ........ 216 



Three Seedling Apples . . . . . , 220 



Nameless Beauties 224 



Getting On in the World 228 



Half-Sweet, Half-Sour Apple .... 232 



Van Deman Quince 238 



Pineapple Quince 244 



The Medlar — A Cousin op the Quince . 252 



Apricot and Seed 264 



The Apricot 270 



A Bunch of the Common Loquats . . 274 



Improved Loquats ........ 278 



Improved Loquats 282 



