I50 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE 



variety, but also who can raise the best specimens of 

 a variety. How did he succeed in doing it ? 



In connection with these exhibitions and lessons the 

 teacher should have on his desk the latest revised Cata- 

 logue of Fruits} He should not allow the pupils to see 

 it until they have guessed which is the best fruit of the 

 kind they have before them — apple, pear, peach, plum, 

 grape, etc. — known in the world. 



This Catalogue of Fruits represents the combined efforts and 

 the best judgment of the members of the American Pomological 

 Society, the men, living in every part of the country, who are best 

 skilled and most deeply interested in advancement of American fruit 

 culture. It is arranged so that he who runs may read. It con- 

 tains a map with all the various fruit belts or districts clearly indi- 

 cated and numbered, and then follow tables that give more modern 

 information on American fruits than could be found in all the 

 horticultural libraries. 



From these tables we are able to read at a glance a 

 description of each fruit, under its accepted name, giving 

 its size, form, color, flavor, quality (marked on a scale of 

 lo for best), season, use, origin, and the region where it 

 grows to greatest perfection. It is an interesting exer- 

 cise simply to read the names of these fruits over to a 

 class in order to realize how few we know practically and 

 how little people in general know about them. It is not 

 to be expected that every one will agree with all the esti- 

 mates given by the American Pomological Society, but 



^Revised Catalogue of Fruits recommended for Cultivation in the Vari- 

 ous Sections of the United States and the British Provinces, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1899. Every teacher should 

 be furnished this or should get it by ordering it, with five cents inclosed, 

 from Superintendent of Documents, Union Building, Washington, D.C. 



