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have selected better types of size than those 

 included in the above table; but we thought 

 it preferable to Use such as were the most 

 generally known. 



In regard to the Vses of fruits, many of 

 those marked as dessert or table fruits, are 

 also valuable for culinary purposes ; and some 

 of the finer kitchen fruits are also esteemed 

 for the dessert. 



NOMENCLATURE, 



In designating fruits, We have adopted the 

 general usage tif our own neighborhood, as 

 being the best suited to our purpose, without 

 any regard to what may or may not be stand- 

 ard authority elsewhere. 



Unfortunately the nomenclature of fruits is 

 Still in a very unsettled condition. Whether 

 in a country where every one feels so sensi- 

 tively his own political importance and per- 

 sonal rights, an entire uniformity in this re- 

 spect is attainable^ is with us rather more a 

 matter of hope than of confident belief. 





