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Volume IV— By Chapters 



Foreword Page 3 



I Quick Possibilities in 

 Fruit Improvement 



— Specific Needs, and How _ 



to AccompliBh Them I 



II Practical Orchard Plans 

 and Methods 



—How to Begin and »_ 



Carry on the Work OY 



in Doubling the Productiveness 

 of the Cherry 



— More and Better 



Cherries. . 



IV The Responsiveness 

 of the Pear 



VIII ^^^ Apricot and 

 the Lo<piat 



TV Citrus Fruits — And Fruits 

 From the Tropics 



69 



—What Has Been Done la -. ^r 



But the Beginning J-UD 



V Fuzzy Peaches and 

 Smooth-Skinned Nectarines 



—Two Fruits Which Beg for , . ■. 



More Improvement i.4'1 



VI The Apple _ A Fruit Worthy of 

 Still Further Improvement. 



—New Apples and How -a F-jrj 



to Malte Them Ill 



VII The Transformation 

 of the Quince 



—What Was Onljr a Cooking Fruit oil 



Now Delicious Raw ZIX 



—An Opportunity for 9/11 



the Experimenter i^X 



— New Experiments Well 9 '70 



Worth Trying .itio 



List of Direct Color Photograph Prints 305 



