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On the Mode of Producing new Kinds 

 of Apples and other Fniits from Seeds, 



THE science of Botany, by which all. 

 the diflerent flowers which adorn 

 our gardens and fields are classed and re- 

 duced to a system, is founded on the 

 structure of the interior parts of each. 

 We know that our delightful songsters of 

 the woods which have been celebrated by 

 all our forefathers, for time immemorial, 

 produce their young by means oi' eggs, 

 but for the purpose of which it is ne- 

 cessary that they pair together, which 

 marks a period of delight to our spring 

 seasons. The production of singing birds 

 by matching goldfinches and linnets with 

 canary birds and others have been long 

 known to produce varieties between the 

 several kinds, which have been justly 

 celebrated for the improvement in their 

 plumage and the melody of their notes. 

 But it was left to the great Linnaeus, 



