THE FRUIT OF THE STRAW- 

 BERRY TREE 



This fruit looks good enough to eat, but 

 is not. It would seem, however, that the 

 fruit might be developed to have edible 

 qualities. The strawberry tree is known 

 to the botanist as Arbutus unedo. 

 There are several allied species of 

 arbutus, and it is possible that, through 

 hybridization, varieties may be produced 

 that will have better fruits. Doubtless 

 a good many of our cultivated fruits 

 were less promising in their original 

 wild state than this fruit of the straw- 

 berry tree. 



1— Vol. 5 Bur. 



