4 PREFACE. 



SANFORD HOWARD, Albany; 



(Associate Editor of the Cultivator.) 

 Dr. W. D. BRINCKLE, Philadelphia; 



(Chairman of the Fruit Committee of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.) 

 THOMAS S PLEASANTS, Petersburgh, Va. ; 

 P. BARRY, Rochester, N. Y.j 



(Horticultural Editor of the Genesee Farmer.) 

 F. R. ELLIOTT, Cleveland, Ohio; 



(Secretary of the Ohio Fruit Convention.) 

 A. H. ERNST, Cincinnati; 



(President of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, and of the Ohio Fruit Con- 

 vention.) 



In addition to the preceding, the author would not do justice to his 

 feelings, without expressing his acknowledgments to the many who 

 have kindly furnished specimens of rare fruits, among whom are ELL- 

 WANGER & BARRY, and J. W v . BISSEL, Rochester; W. R. SMITH/ 

 Macedon; B. HODGE, Buffalo; A. MC!NTOSH, Cleveland; F. K. 

 PHOENIX, Delavan, Wisconsin; C. W. ELLIOTT, Cincinnati; THOMAS 

 HANCOCK, Burlington, New Jersey; GEORGE GABRIEL, New Haven ; 

 and SAMUEL H. COLTON, Worcester, Mass. 



From his father, David Thomas, he has derived the knowledge of 

 many valuable facts relative to the cultivation and management oi 

 Fruit. 



Much valuable information has been obtained from the various 

 works on American Fruits, among which are Downing's invaluable 

 treatise on Fruits and Fruit Trees, Hovey's Magazine, and the Hor- 

 ticulturist. 



The condensed style of the work forbids a frequent reference to 

 these various authorities, and this general acknowledgment is more 

 especially due. 



The numerous figures of fruits, have, with very few exceptions, 

 been drawn by the author from average well grown specimens, by a 

 mode giving exact impressions of the original 



