8 The Principles of Fruit-growing 



Subclass 2. Strawberry-fruits. 

 ,/ Garden strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis. 

 Hautbois strawberry, Fragaria moschata. 

 Alpine strawberry, Fragaria vesca. 

 Virginian strawberry, Fragaria virginiana. 

 Everbearing strawberry, Fragaria mexicana. 



Subclass 3. Cranberry-fruits. 



Common cranberry, Vacdnium macrocarpon. 

 Cowberry, Vacdnium Vitis-Idsea. 



CLASS IV. Miscellaneous Non-woodt or Hekb-like Feiqits. 



Subclass 1. Musaceous fruits. 

 Banana, Mitsa Sapienium. 

 Plantain, Musa paradisiaca. 



Subclass 2. Pineapple. 



Common pineapple. Ananas sativus. 



Subclass 3. Cactaceous fruits. 



Prickly pear, Opuntia Tuna, and others. 

 Indian fig, Opuntia Ficus-indica. 

 Barbadoes gooseberry, Pereakia acuUata. 



Subclass 4. Other herb-like fruits. 



Cyphomandra, Cyphomandra betacea. 

 Cerinam, Monstera deliciosa. 



THE COURSE OF DEVELOPMENT OF A FEUIT REGION 



Fruit-growing has usually been a comparatively late 

 development in any region. The epochs that precede 

 the agricultural occupation of a country are commonly 

 about as follows: Discovery, exploration, hunting, specu- 

 lation, lumbering, or mining. The real and permanent 

 prosperity of a country begins when the agriculture has 

 evolved so far as to be self-sustaining and to leave the soil 

 in constantly better condition for the growing of plants. 



