PREFACE. 



YYT'HILE there are a number of excellent works 

 descriptive of fruits, and compiled from ripe 

 experience and large observation, yet there are 

 few, if any, which give in detail the arts of culti- 

 vation. 



The minutiae and practical application of these 

 arts become more important as the interest in fruit- 

 culture increases, and the profits are understood. 

 On these topics so much has already been published 

 as to prevent any demand for additional remark. 

 But in the progress of our legitimate business a 

 multitude of inquiries are annually proposed, by cus- 

 tomers and others, relative to the various branches 



