Appendix. 



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PLAN OF THE CATALOGUE. 



This catalogue embraces species and varieties of fruits and nuts recom- 

 mended for cultivation in the United States and the British American 

 provinces. These are arranged alphabetically in three divisions, as fol- 

 lows: 



Division 1. Species and varieties mainly adapted to culture in the 

 Northern and Middle states of the Union and in adjacent portions of the 

 British provinces. 



Division 2. More southern, tropical, and subtropical species and vari- 

 eties. 



Division 3. Species indigenous and introduced, not included in the fore- 

 going, which have not deviated under cultivation so far from their original 

 types as to have deserved varietal names. 



The entire territory represented is divided into nineteen pomological 

 districts, with little regard to state or provincial boundaries, but with 

 primary reference to the influence of latitude, elevation, prevailing winds, 

 and oceanic and lacustrine exposures upon their adaption to pomological 

 pursuits (see map). 



Size and quality, as usually expressed in pomological phraseology, are 

 stated in the tabulations of varieties upon the scale of 1 to 10, as follows: 



SCALE OF SIZE AND QUALITY. 



Size. 



Very small 



Small 



Small to medium 



Medium 



Medium to large- 

 Large 



Very large 



Scale. 



Quality. 



District No. 1. — Maine above five hundi'ed feet elevation; New Hamp- 

 shire, Vermont, and New York north of latitude forty-four degrees; Onta- 

 rio north of Lake Simcoe and east of longitude eighty degrees; Quebec, 

 New Brunswick, and Prince Edwards Island. The dominant natural fea- 

 ture of this district is the St. Lawrence valley. Many of the hardier fruits 

 flourish within its borders. 



District No. 2. — Nova Scotia; Maine below five hundred feet elevation; 

 New Hampshire and Vermont south of latitude forty-four degrees; Massa- 

 chusetts; Rhode Island; Connecticut; New York south of latitude forty- 

 four degrees, except Long Island; northern New Jersey above five hun- 

 dred feet elevation; Pennsylvania east of the Susquehanna river and 

 above five hundred feet elevation, north of latitude forty-one degrees 

 west to the Allegheny river, and all of that portion of the state lying 



