THE EVOLUTION OF 
OUR NATIVE FRUITS 
By L. H. BAILEY 
Professor of Horticulture in Cornell University 
472 Paces 125 IL.usrrarions. $2.00 
In this entertaining volume, the origin and development of the 
fruit peculiar to North America are inquired into, and the person- 
ality of those horticultural pioneers whose almost forgotten labors 
have given us our most valuable fruits is touched upon. There has 
been careful research into the history of the various fruits, includ- 
ing inspection of the records of the great European botanists who 
have given attention to American economic botany. The conclu- 
sions reached, the information presented, and the suggestions as 
to future developments cannot but be valuable to any thoughtful 
fruit-grower, while the terse style of the author is at its best in his 
treatment of the subject. 
Tue Evo.vtion or our Narive Faurrts discusses The Rise of 
the American Grape (North America a Natural Vineland, Attempts 
to Cultivate the European Grape. The Experiments of the Dufours. 
The Branch of Promise, John Adlum and the Catawba, Rise of 
Commercial Viticulture, Why Did the Early Vine Le beet 
Fail? Synopsis of the American Grapes); The Strange History of 
the Mulberries (The Early Silk Industry, The ‘‘ Multicaulis Craze”); 
Evolution of American Plums and Cherries (Native Plums in 
General, The Chickasaw, Hortulana, Marianna and Beach Plum 
Groups, Pacific Coast Plum, Various Other Types of Plums, Native 
Cherries, Dwarf Cherry Group); Native Apples (Indigenous 
Species, Amelioration has Begun); Origin of American Raspberry- 
growing (Early American History, Present Types, Outlying Types); 
volution of Blackberry and Dewberry Culture (The High-bush 
Blackberry and Its Kin, The Dewberries, Botanical Names); Va- 
rious Types of Berry-like Fruits (The Gooseberry, Native Currants, 
Juneberry, Buffalo Berry, Elderberry, High-bush Cranberry, 
Cranberry, Strawberry); Various Types of ae Fruits (Persim- 
mon, Custard-Apple, Tribe, Thorn-Apples, Nut-Fruits) ; General 
Remarks on the Improvement of our Native Fruits (What Has 
Been Done, What Probably Should Be Done). 
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