WORKS BY PROFESSOR BAILEY 



'HE EVOLUTION OF OUR NA> 



TIVE FRUITS. By L. H. BAILEY, Pro- 

 fessor of Horticulture in the Cornell University. 



*JM PAGES— 12S ILLUSTRATIONS — S2. 00 



In this entertaining volume, the orij^in and de 

 velopment of tlie fruits peculiar to >JortU America 

 are inquired into, and the personality of those horti- 

 cultural pioneers ^vhose almost forgotten labors 

 have given us our most valuable fruits is touched 

 upon. There has lieen careful research into the 

 history of the various fruits, including inspection 

 of the records of the great European botanists who 

 have given attention to American economic botany. 

 The conclusions reached, the information presented, 

 and the suggestions as to future developments, can- 

 not but be valuable to anj' thoughtful fruit-grower, 

 while the terse style of the author is at its be.^t in 

 his treatment of the subject. 



The Evolution of our Native Fruits discusses Tlie Rise of 

 the Aniericaa (!4rape (North America a Nat'iral Vinelancl, Attempts 

 to Cultivate the European Grape, T'he Experiments of tlie Dufours, 

 The Branch of Promise, John Allium and the Catawba, Rise of 

 Commercial Viticulture, Why Did the Early Vine Experiment:: Fail ? 

 Synopsis of the American Grapes) ; The Strange History of the BIul- 

 berries (The Early Silk Industry, The "Multicaulis Craze,") ; Evolu- 

 tion of American Plums and Cherrios (Native Plums in General, 

 The Chickasaw, Hortulana, Marianna and Beach Plum Groups, 

 Pacific Coast Plum, Various Other Types of Plums, Nat've Cherries, 

 Dwarf Cherry Group); Native Apples ( rndigenous Species, Amelio- 

 ration has begun); Origin of American Raspberry-growing (Early 

 American History, Present Types, Outlying Types); Evolution of 

 Blackberry and Dewberry Culture (The High-bush Blackberry ana 

 Its Kin, The Dewberries, Botanical Names); Various Types of 

 Berry-like Fruits (The Gooseberry, Native Currants, Juneberry, 

 Buffalo Berry, Elderberry, High-bush Cranberry, Cranberry, Straw- 

 berry); Various Types of Tree Fruits (Persimmon, Custard-Apple 

 Tribe, Thorn-Apples, Nut-Fruits) ; General Remarks on the Improve 

 ment of our Native Fruits (What Has Been Done, What Probably 

 Should Be Done). 



