The Need for Improving 

 Small Fruits 



And Some of the Means for Meeting It 



WITH the present chapter wc conclude 

 our survey of the fruits proper, and it 

 will be well to make a brief review of 

 the subject, in particular with reference to the out- 

 look, and the possibilities of further progress in 

 the near future. 



In making this general review, we need not 

 confine attention absolutely to the small fruits. 

 Much that is said will refer to fruits in general. 



But doubtless there are larger opportunities for 

 improvement with the berries and garden fruits 

 than with the familiar orchard fjruits, chiefly be- 

 cause the latter have been given a far larger share 

 of attention by the horticulturist and fruit devel- 

 oper in the past. 



The large size and varied uses of apples, pears, 

 peaches and plums, in particular, have made them 

 popular everywhere, and have caused a vast deal 



[Volume VI — Chapter IX] 



