THE 



AMERICAN FRUIT CULTURIST, 



CONTAINING DIRECTIONS FOR TUB 



PROPAGATION AND CULTURE OF FRUIT TREES, 



NURSERY, ORCHARD, AND GARDEN, 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 



THE PRINCIPAL AMERICAN AND FOREIGN VARIETIES, 



IN THZ TWITBD STATES- 



BY JOHN J. THOMAS. 



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ILLUSTRATED WITH THREE HUNDRED ACCfRATE FIGURES. 



AUBURN: 



DERBY, MILLER & COMPANY. 



1849. 



