QUICK PoSSffilLITIES IN 



FRUIT IMPROVEMENT 



SPECIFIC NEEDS, 

 AND How TO ACCOMPLISH THEM 



THE old pear tree out there in the corner of 

 your garden was perhaps planted by your 

 father's father. 



The twig you cut from it today may take root 

 and become a thrifty tree that will bear fruit to 

 gladden the hearts of your grandchildren long 

 years after you are dead. And that possibility 

 puts the tree on a very different footing as the 

 friend and companion of man from that occupied 

 even by the best-prized members of the company 

 of forage plants and garden vegetables. 



When you work with fruit trees you are mak- 

 ing permanent records. You are building on a 

 rock. You are reaching out your hands to future 

 generations, and erecting a monument that will 

 remain as a testimonial to your foresight and 

 wisdom long after you are gone. 



And doubtless this fact of the permanence of 



[VOLUME IV CHAPTER I] 



