NEW ENGLAND 



BOOK OF FRUIT; 



CONTAINING AN ABRIDGMENT OF 



MANNING'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 

 I! 



OP THE MOST VALUABLE VARIETIES OP THE 



PEAR, APPLE, PEACH, PLUM, AND CHERRY, 

 FOR NEW ENGLAND^CULTURE. 



T.O WHICH ARE ADDED THE 



GRAPE, QUINCE, GOOSEBERRY, CURRANT, AND STRAWBERRY; 

 WITH OUTLINES OF 



MANY OF THE FINEST SORTS OF PEARS 



DRAWN FROM NATURE ; 



WITH DIRECTIONS FOR PRUNING, GRAFTING, AND GEN* 

 ERAL MODES OF CULTURE. 



THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. 



BY JOHN M. IVES. 



SALEM: 



W. & S. B. IVES. 



BOSTON : W. J. REYNOLDS & CO., B. B. MUSSEY & CO. 



AND FOR SALE AT MOST OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND SEED STORES IN 



THE UNITED STATES. 



1847. 



