ON SPECIFIC NEEDS 



quality and flavor. Yet others are the Pineapple 

 quince, which has the flavor of the pineapple it- 

 self, and the Sunberry, which has the exact flavor 

 of the blueberry intensified. 



Corresponding modifications of the pear as well 

 as of all other fruits lie within reach of the patient 

 experimenter. 



LEAVING OUT THE CORE 



But perhaps the most inviting field of all, in 

 connection with the possible development of or- 

 chard fruits, is that having to do not with the form 

 or texture or flavor of the pulp but with the seed 

 of the fruit. 



Of course it must not be overlooked that, from 

 the standpoint of the fruit itself, or rather from 

 the standpoint of the tree on which it grows, the 

 seed is the only really essential part of the fruit. 

 Ail of the embellishment of juicy pulp and highly 

 pigmented skin is but the lure put forth by the 

 plant on behalf of the seed, in the interests of self- 

 preservation. 



The really essential part of the entire structure 

 is but an infinitesimal cell lodged at the heart of 

 each kernel of the seed. 



Indeed, we may go even one step further, with 

 the aid of the microscope, and say that the nucleus 

 of a single cell, born of the union of the nuclei of 

 two germ cells, is the really important part not 



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