CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I, 
IntRopuctToRY DIscUSSION ‘ 5 ‘ ‘ ‘ . 1-36 
INVENTORY OF FRUITS. Orchard culture or tree-fruit cul- 
twre—Pomaceous fruits— Drupaceous or stone fruits— Citrous 
fruits—Moraceous fruits—Anonaceous fruits—Myrtaceous 
fruits—Sapotaceous fruits—Anacardiaceous fruits—Eben- 
aceous fruits—Leguminous fruits—Nut-fruits—Palmaceous 
fruits— Miscellaneous tree-fruits.— Vine-fruit culture—Viti- 
culture—Passifloraceous fruits.—Small-fruit culture—Ru- 
baceous fruits—Ribaceous fruits— Miscellaneous bush-fruits 
—Strawberry culture—Cranberry culture.—Non-woody or 
herb-like fruits—Musaceous fruits—Pineapple—Cactaceous 
fruits—Miscellaneous herb-like fruits . ‘ é é a 2-7 
THE GEOGRAPHY OF FRUIT-GROWING. The temperature 
determinant—The moisture determinant—The soil deter- 
minant—The parasite determinant . E 7 i F 7-25 
THE COURSE OF EVOLUTION OF A FRUIT-REGION, ‘ . 26-27 
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRUIT-GROWING. The two factors con- 
cerned—Farmers do not become rich—Always a demand for 
the unlike—Choice of business is a matter of taste and cap- 
ital—Farmer must master his local conditions—The fruit- 
grower, therefore, must be trained—Best farmers are often 
not brought up on the farm—The farmer is his own business 
manager—Outlook best in those fruits which make the 
greatest number of secondary products.—Is there over pro- 
duction of fruit?—Insufficient distribution—Tendency must 
be for cheaper fruit—Normal failure of many plantations. . 27-36 
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