CONTENTS. 



Introductory observations, 



CHAPTER I. Of the fitness of the climate of the United States 



for the cultivation of the Apple, 9 



II. On the management of a fruit nursery, 13 



III. On ingrafting large trees, 18 



IV. On Stocks, 20 



V. On the propagation of new varieties, 22 



VI. On the duration of particular varieties, 24 



VII. On the sap, 26 



VIII. On the innoculating, or budding, 28 



IX. On the situation of orchards, SO 



X. On the planting and cultivation of orchards, S3 



XI. On pruning of orchards, 40 



XII. Of the caterpillar, 44 



XIII. Experiments on orchards, to ascertain the best 



mode of planting and cultivating, 45 



XIV. On the properties and management of cider, 58 



. XV. Of the concentration of cider by frost, 74 



XVI. On the nature and management of crab cider, 76 



XVII. Of Perry, 81 



XVIII. On fining cider, 82 



XIX. Of the buildings and machinery connected with 



a cider establishment, &> 



