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« PLAN OF THE CATALOGUE. 



The varieties are numbered at the extreme left, and also at the left of the 

 page occupied by the column of remarks, to avoid confusion in tracing the 

 connection. Synonyms are introduced in a few cases only, and italicized. 

 In the case of names deemed objectionable, under the Rules of the American 

 Pomological Society, to avoid the possibility of ambiguity, the objectionable 

 portion of the name, when needful, is placed in brackets. In the column 

 devoted to descriptions, the distinguishing peculiarities of the fruit, with its 

 season and origin, are more or less fully given by the use of abbreviations; 

 those applicable to the entire catalogue appearing at its commencement, and 

 those applying locally at the heads of the sections to which they appertain. 

 In each of the sub-columns headed use and value, the figures 1 to 10 express 

 the gradations of value, for the purpose to which the column is devoted; the 

 first two sub-columns (devoted respectively to Dessert and Cooking fryits), 

 having reference, strictly, tn the quality of the fruit separately considered ; 

 and the third or market column, to all the qualities, whether of tree or fruit, 

 that affect the question of profitableness. Under the head of locality, a sub- 

 column is assigned to each of the five districts into which the lower penin- 

 sula of the State is divided, such divisions being as follows, viz. : 1st district, 

 the eastern tier of counties, from the southern bound, ry of the State north- 

 ward as far as its capacity for fruit culture is known; 2d district, the mass of 

 interior counties, omitting the tier along the southern"* boundary, and those 

 adjoining Lake Michigan ; 3d district, the southern tier of counties, omitting 

 Monroe on the east and Berrien on the west; 4th district, the lake shore 

 counties from the south line of Berrien northward to and including Muskegon 

 County; 5th district, the counties adjacent to Lake Michigan and its bays, 

 from the north line of Muskegon County, as far northward as their capacity 

 for fruit culture is known. In these columns a * indicates that the variety 

 which it represents is known to succeed in the district; ** that it is especially 

 valuable, and a \ that it is on trial and found promising. With the settle- 

 ment of northern Michigan, and consequently increased knowledge of its 

 horticultural capacities, at least three additional districts will be required ; 

 one extending from Bay County northward, along the westerly shore of Lake 

 Huron ; the second embracing the northerly portion of the present second or 

 interior district, and the third including the upper peninsula; which, more- 

 over, may, very probably, require a farther division into eastern and western 

 districts. 



In the column headed Use and Value, the gradations are arrived at by 

 comparing fruits of a similar character with each other, as sweet apples with 

 sweet apples ; also fruits of a given season with others of the same class and 

 season. Many kinds of very little value are added, for the purpose of show- 

 ing by the low values given them, and by remarks in the column for that 

 purpose that, though more or lees grown in the State, their farther cultivation 

 is not intended to be encouraged. Tlie leading advantage to the fruit cultur- 

 ists of the State, sought in this Catalogue, is to supply all who may wish to 

 plant with a distinct purpose in view, the means of selecting wisely, with 

 reference to such purpose, from the varieties which have been properly tested 

 in the State, and found best adapted to the special purpose they shall have 

 in view. 



