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CONTENTS. 



PEEFACE 3d 



INTRODUCTION xiii 



CHAPTER L 



VARIETIES , 13 



A complete list of kinds 14 



Consult the fruit merchant 15 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 16 



CHAPTER H. 



ASPECT 17 



Shelter an orchard 18 



A hedge of pears 19 



CHAPTER HI. 



PREPARATION OP THE SOIL 20 



Lifting sub-soil plow 21 



Laying tiles 22 



Basement story 23 



Alternate freezing and thawing 24 



Trees over-bearing 25 



