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Preface: Apple

CONTENTS Weights and Measures Introductory Recipes I. The Apple • CHAPTER II. The Pear • • PAGE 3 23 49 57 III. The Quince.

IV. The Medlar and the Loquat • • 63 V. The Peach and Apricot VI. The Cherry VII. The Plum • VIII. The Northern Papaw 66 81 • • • 93 106 • IX. The Wild Northern Persimmon • 107 X. The Grape XI. The Olive XII.

Melons 108 • • I22 • • • • 125 XIII. A Cluster of Berries XIV. The Lemon.

XV. The "Wild," "Sour," or Seville Orange • 136 • 185 201 • 2II XVI. The Orange • XVII. The Citron, Bergamot, Limeberry, Kumquat, and Trifoliata. • • 223 XVIII. The Pomelo (or "Grape Fruit"), Lime, Tangelo, and Citrange CHAPTER CONTENTS-Continued XIX. The Pineapple XX. The Banana • XXI. The Fig XXII. The Date-The Cocoanut • • PAGE 238 • 250 • 260 271 • 283 287 XXIII. The Japanese Persimmon XXIV. The Guava • XXV. Rose and Malay Apples, Java Plum, Surinam and Barbadoes "Cherries," and Marmalade Box XXVI. The Pomegranate XXVII. The Avocado, "Aguacate," or "Alligator Pear" XXVIII. The Custard Apple, The Cherimoya, Sweet and Sour Sop, and Pond Apple XXIX. The Mangosteen-The Mammee Apple XXX. Sapodilla, Mammee Sapota, White Sapota, Star Apple, Cocoa Plum and Egg Fruit (or "Ti-es") • XXXI. Six of the More Familiar Tropical and Semi-Tropical Fruits XXXII. Some of the Less Known Fruits 295 297 299 301 303 305 ILLUSTRATIONS Blossoms and Immature Fruit of the Ceriman or "False Bread Fruit" (Courtesy of J. F. Allen, Orlando, Fla.) Blossoms of the Loquat Tree (Permission of G. L. Taber, Glen St. Mary, Fla.) Loquat Tree (R. M. F. Berry, Orlando, Fla.) Chinese or Peen-to Peaches Grown in Florida (J. C. E. Ensminger, Sanford, Fla.) Spanish Cherries (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) Prune (Permission of U. S. Department of Agriculture) Loquat or Japan "Plum" (T. P. Robinson, Orlando, Fla.) Japan Persimmon (Permission of U. S. Department of Agriculture) Sea or Shore Grapes (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) Sea or Shore Grape Tree (F. W. Hunt, Key West, Fla.) Largest Grapevine in the World (Courtesy of J. R. Peters [the owner], Carpenteria, Cal.) Picking Olives (Graham Photo. Co., Los Angeles, Cal.