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PREFACE. 



With the extended cultivation of the small fruits in the 

 past few years, there has arisen a demand for practical in- 

 formation, not only from the professional cultivator, but the 

 amateur ; and, in fact, every one who owns a rod of ground 

 in city or country, wishes to know how to cultivate small 

 fruits, and what kinds to plant, either for home use or 

 market. Thus far no work, devoted exclusively to this 

 branch of horticulture, has been presented to the public. 



The results of the experiments and observations of culti- 

 vators in distant localities have not heretofore been gath- 

 ered together, and what little information has been given 

 is scattered through a thousand volumes, utterly inaccess- 

 ible to the great masses of the people. To meet the wants 

 of this numerous and rapidly increasing class, this little 

 work has been prepared. The facts herein given are, in 

 part, the results of personal observation and experience, 

 extending over a long period of years. All of the vari- 

 eties recommended have been tested by myself, and it has 

 been my aim to give whatever information I possessed re- 

 lating to them, in language that might be understood by 

 the novice in these matters, as well as the professional hor- 

 ticulturist. I have not presumed to give rules or advice 

 that may be implicitly relied upon in all sections of the 

 country, because there are many things relating to the 

 culture of fruits that can only be learned by personal, 

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