THE EVOLUTION OF 

 OUR NATIVE FRUITS 



By L. H. BAILEY 



Professor of Horticulture in Cornell University 



472 Pages 125 Illustrations. 82.00 



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. 



The Evolution of our Native Fruits 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 Experiments 

 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); 

 Evolution 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 Tree 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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