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place of salads "and fruits at the end of meals, and 

 this is the case among all classes vvithout distinction. 



(4.) The consumption of fruit was small, and it was rarely 

 used in cooking. The canning of fruit was unknown, 

 and liquors from fruits have only been made on a 

 small scale. 



(5.) That the community regarded fruit as a luxury and 

 not as a necessary. 



(6.) That the people had no knowledge of the beneficial 

 qualities and the hygienic value of fruits. 



(7,) That on the introduction of Buddhism, vegetarianism 

 prevailed and the consumption of animal food was 

 checked. 



(8.) That the seclusion of Japan for a long period and no 

 communication with the west, where fruits are 

 extensively grown, until about 50 years ago, de- 

 prived the country of gaining a knowledge of foreign 

 fruits. 



(9.) That most fruits, though grown in a semi-wild state, 

 yet produced crops annually or in alternate years, 

 and thus called for little attention 3s to cultivation. 

 (10.) That the extensve demand for rice-wine considerably 



limits that of fi uit-wine and beer, 

 (ii.) That the seri-culture having been so important a part 

 of- the farmer's work, he has devoted no time to the 

 culture of fruit. 

 (12.) That land has been largely used for the production 

 of fire-wood and charcoal. 

 Special features of the Japanese fruit industry. 



(i.) Though the cultivation of fruit in Japan has existed 

 from ancient times, it never took the form of planting 

 gardens or orchards until a comparatively modern 

 date. 



(2.) To those trees that do not give an annual crop or 

 that bear unsatisfactorily, a certain amount of atten- 



