Trees Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the Year

part in the work of the pioneer, can know how valuable the wild fruits

were, while the young orchards were growing, and no fruit was to be had for the greater part of the year.

After the first heavy frost in September the plums were fit to eat. They became soft, and sweet, and pleasant in flavour. But the skin was thick, very sour and puckery, so eating plums was not an unmixe...