CONTENTS m 



P.** 



The operation of Girdling or Ringing Trees explained, 68 

 Seventeen of the best varieties of Figs described, - 63 

 GOOSEBERRY. Description of fifty-eight of the most 



celebrated varieties, - .... 66 



An improved method of managing the Goosebeny, - 70 

 GRAPE. The peculiar characteristics of the Grape Vine 



defined, - - 72 



The different manures adapted to the vine enumerated, 75 

 On the various methods of propagating, grafting, &c. - 76 

 Select descriptive list of foreign and native grapes, - 77 

 Doctor G. W. Chapman's and Mr. Wm. Wilson's suc- 

 . cessful experiments on their vines, - - 79 



Edward H. Bonsall's Vineyard Culture explained, * - 80 

 Doctor R. T. Underbill's account of his vineyard at 



Croton Point, - - .... 83 



Concluding observations on training, pruning, and cul- 

 tivating the vine, - 85 

 MULBERRY. Some of the most useful species described, 



with directions for their propagation and cultivation, 88 

 NECTARINE. Important hints, calculated to give this 

 scarce but delicious fruit the best possible chance 

 of success, if strictly attended to, - 91 



Select descriptive list of Nectarines, - - - - 94 

 ORANGE, LEMON, &c. The several species of this fruit 



enumerated, &c. - 96 



PEACH. An elaborate review of the means best calcu- 

 lated to overcome the difficulties attending the cul- 

 tivation of this important fruit, - - - 98 

 Sixty-one of the best varieties of Peaches described, - 105 

 PEAR. A definition of the different qualities of this 

 fruit, with directions for its propagation and culti- 

 vation, - HI 

 Observations on the alleged deterioration of the Pear, 



and other fruits, - * 113 



Eighty-eight of the most esteemed varieties of the Pear 



described, - - - * ? 115 



