PRELIMINARY REMARKS. 

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THE preceding chapters contain information 

 Upon the cultivation and rhana'gemerit of fruit 

 trees generally. 



We now propose to eriter intd a particular 

 examination of the character ahd habits of 

 the several sp&ties of fruit trees adapted to 

 Wpen culturd in our climate, arid the proper 

 care necessary to be Bestowed upon each. In 

 order that we may Understand What are the 

 claims of New England, as a fruit-growing 

 country, we borrow a few words from Gene- 

 ral Dearborn, the first Pfesident of the Mass. 

 Horticultural Society. 



"Among all the fruits Which are produced 

 upon the earth, the highest position has been 

 given to the Mangostan, Which is indigenous 

 to Java and other island in the Indian Arche- 

 pelago ; the second has been assigned to the 

 Pine Apple, the third to the Orange, the fourth 

 to the Peach, the fifth to the Grape, and the 

 sixth to the Pear." But this is not the order 



