IV PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION AND APPENDIX. 



indicated by the fact that it has been translated into 

 German, and a very handsome edition brought out by a 

 publisher at Weimar. As this is the first and only book 

 written by an American on horticulture, which has been 

 translated and published in Germany, I consider that it 

 is not only a compliment to the Author, but to American 

 horticulturists generally. 



As I have already stated in former editions of this work, 

 my principal object in experimenting with small fruits 

 was to obtain information, which might be given to the 

 public with an assurance that it would encourage their 

 cultivation, and eventually make them so plentiful and 

 cheap that the poor, as well as the rich, of our large cities 

 and villages might be able to indulge in fruits, which had 

 long been considered as luxuries. 



That the good work may go forward until every 

 garden shall yield an abundance of the largest and best 

 varieties, and every table in the land be constantly sup- 

 plied, is the sincere wish of 



THE AUTHOR. 



Ridgewood, N. J., March, 1887. 



