xii CONTENTS 



PAGES 



Various other types of plums 218 



The native cherries 226 



The dwarf cherry group 233 



Retrospect 247 



IV 



The Native Apples 249-273 



The indigenous species 250 



Amelioration has begun 2G1 



V 



The Origin op American Raspberry-growing 274-29' 



Early American history L'7. 



The present types of cultivated raspberries 286 



Outlying types 297 



VI 



Evolution op Blackberry and Dewberry Culture . . 298-383 



The high-bush blackberry and its kin 303 



The dewberries 330 



Remaining types of blackberry-like plants 357 



The botanical names of the blackberries and dew- 366 



berries 



VII 



Various Types op Berry- like Fruits 3G 



The gooseberry •"' s '.' 



Native currants ■'i'. 1 '.' 



The juneberry 404 



The buffalo berry 406 



The elderberry 410 



Sigh-bush cranberry 412 



The cranberry lit 



The Btrawberry 424 



