via 



Pippin Apple (feeing page 312) was grown in a similar way : nil the 

 were produced by trees in the open ground. 



Works that hare been consulted in the preparation of the volume are Wkkson s 

 "Califoroian Fruits " (Dewey, San Francisco); Thompaon's '-Gardeners Assistant'' 

 and the "Popular Encyclopedia'' (Blackie); Xkhoison's "Dictionary of Gardening" 

 (Upcott Gilij; Hogg's - Vegetable Kingdom " (Kent & Co.); Miss Onnerod's "Manual 

 on Injurious Insects" (Simpkin, Marshdl, Hamilto* ft Co.); Griffith's ' Manure*," 

 Fream's "Soils," and Johnson's "Gardener's Dictionary" (Bell & Sons), with the 

 Gardemen 1 ChrvneU and the J<mal of ffortiaOton. Quotations hare been acknow- 

 ledged in the text, and obligations are tendered to aU sources of information. 



To all those practical gardeners and expert fruit growers who spontaneously 

 expressed their approval of this work as it appeared in monthly parts, I desire to tender 



or expect that they will con- 



tinue to 



Be to My 



It is enough to fed that they are in sympathy with the endeaTour to make the 



seeking to share in the 



increased production of Mperior fruit 



J. WEIGHT. 



