THE 



NEW ENGLAND FRUIT BOOK. 



BEING 



A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



OF THE MOST VALUABLE VARIETIES OF THE 



PEAR, APPLE, PEACH, PLUM, AND CHERRY, 

 FOR NEW ENGLAND CULTURE. 



BY ROBERT MANNING. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED OTHER VARIETIES ; 



ALSO THE 



GRAPE, aUINCE, GOOSEBERRY, CURRANT, AND STRAWBERRY 5 

 WITH OUTLINES OF 



MANY OF THE FINEST PEARS, 



DRAWN FROM NATURE ; 



WITH DIRECTION^^|RtWJfyjWb^TING, BUDDING, 



GENERAL MODES OF CULTU1 



8 E 



BY JOHN M. IVES 



PUBLISHED BY W. & S. B. IVES, SALEM, MASS. 

 B. B. MUSSEY, BOSTON. 



AND FOR SALE AT THE VARIOUS BOOKSTORES AND SEED ESTABLISH- 

 MENTS IN NEW ENGLAND. 



1844. 



