PREFACE 



thing like their present form In the winter of 

 1909-10, when the writer gave a series of 

 lectures on Commercial Fruit Growing to the 

 Short Courses in Horticulture at Cornell Uni- 

 versity. These lectures were revised and re- 

 peated in 19 10- 1 1 and are now put In their 

 present form. 



The author's sincere thanks are due to Pro- 

 fessor C. S. Wilson, of the Department of 

 Pomology at Cornell University, for many 

 valuable facts and suggestions used In this book, 

 and for a careful reading of the manuscript. 

 He is also under obligations to Mr. Roy D. 

 Anthony of the same Department for correc- 

 tions and suggestions on the chapters on Insects 

 and Diseases and on Spraying. 



M. C. BURRITT. 



Hilton, N. Y. 

 February, 19 12. 



