THE 



AMERICAN 



FRUIT CULTURIST, 



CONTAINING PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE PROPAGATION 



AND CULTURE OF ALL FRUITS ADAPTED TO 



THE UNITED STATES. 



BY 



JOHN J. THOMAS, 



First President of the Fruit Growers' Society, of Western Neiv York ; Honorary 



Member of Massachusetts Horticultural Society ; of Pennsylvania Fruit 



Growers' 1 Society; of the Horticultural Society of Indiana,, S*c. t 



and for Thirty Years a Practical Nurseryman. 



A THOROUGHLY REVISED EDITION, ILLUSTRATED WITH FIVE HUNDRED 

 AND EIGHT ACCURATE FIGURES. 



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NEW YORK: 

 WILLIAM WOOD & CO., 27 GREAT JONES STREET. 



1875- 



