n CONTENTS. 



BUDDING AND GRAFTING FRUIT TREES. 



Paee. 



Information respecting the time and manner of budding 



fruit trees, --------25 



On the choice of scions, arid mode of preparing the stocks, 27 



Cleft Grafting, Side Grafting, and Whip Grafting ex- 

 plained, - - 28 



Saddle Grafting, Root Grafting, and Grafting by Ap- 

 proach, defined, - - 29 



Directions for making Forsyth's composition, - - 30 



Recipes for preparing liquids for washing the stems and 



branches of trees, - 31 



Instructions for making grafting-clay and composition, 32 



ON THE CHOICE OF FRUIT TREES IN THE NURSERY. 

 Rules for judging the qualities of fruit trees, - - 33 

 Directions for the management of Stone Fruits, to pre- 

 vent their gumming at the roots, - - 34 

 A guide to the selection of distinct varieties of fruit, - 35 

 APPLE. Its history, cultivation, propagation, &c. - 37 

 Seventy-six of the choicest varieties of Apples described, 39 

 APRICOT. The best method of training, pruning, &c. 



explained, --------46 



Select descriptive list of Apricots, - - - 49 

 ALMOND. Its history, mode of culture, &c. - 50 

 CHERRY. The various kinds enumerated, with direc- 

 tions for their cultivation, - - 51 

 Thirty-one of the most esteemed varieties described, - 53 

 CHESTNUT. Its durability and other peculiar charac- 

 teristics adverted to, -v - 56 

 CRANBERRY. Its adaptation for garden culture exem- 

 plified, ''*' ----- T 57 



CURRANT. The best mode of cultivation shown, - - 58 



Select descriptive list of Currants, - - r - 60 

 FIG. A fruit well calculated for cultivation in the United 



States, -- 6J 



