ON THE APRICOT AND THE LOQUAT 



is perfectly self-fertile. It is readily crossed and 

 yields rather promptly to efforts at its improve- 

 ment. There is every probability that it will be- 

 come a much more important fruit in the near 

 future. And among our minor orchard fruits 

 there are few, if any, that offer better opportuni- 

 ties for the amateur plant experimenter. 



There is no single problem 

 of orchard fruit development 

 that offers possibilities of 

 greater importance than the 

 development of a cosmopolitan 

 apricot. 



