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Plants for Fruit Characteristics (Ducing fruit singularly)

ducing fruit singularly interesting and conspicuous because of its form. There are other trees such as the Kentucky coffee tree, the western catalpa, and the tulip tree, the fruit of which is interesting on account of its size.

One of the most interesting characteristics of fruit is its colour. From the clear white fruit of the grey dogwood to the brilliant red fruit of the thorn there is a wonderful variation in colour effect produced by fruits. The beauty fruit, with its brilliant porcelainblue berries, adds an interesting touch of colour to landscape plantings nearly as effective as that of flowers, if not more so. In many of these shrubs, such as some varieties of the thorn, the honeysuckle, and the elder, the beautiful colours of the fruit against the background of green foliage are extremely effective. The great majority of our shrubs retain their fruit for a greater or less period after the leaves have fallen. With the first signs of freezing and real winter weather these fruits rapidly wither and decay and those which are not removed by the birds soon drop from the plants. The fruit of the elderberries, roses, blue berries, and honeysuckles is dropped well before the middle of December, and even as early as the first of December. In the average winter the fruit of the dogwoods, the spindle tree, the snowberry, and the burning bush retain their interesting colour until the early part of January. Of this group of plants there are many which retain their fruit well into the winter months. The Japanese barberry and the winterberry or deciduous holly hold their fruit much longer than the other plants, while the brilliantly coloured fruit of the bittersweet, the thorn, and the high-bush cranberry remains until the really severe winter weather begins. From a landscape point of view there is nothing much more effective in a pictorial composition than the brilliantly coloured fruit and brilliantly coloured twigs of many of our trees and shrubs presented against a background of snow.