PREFACE. 



THIS volume, which is a reprint of the first part of 

 the author's larger work on " Fruit Culture," has 

 been issued mainly with a view to meeting the 

 requirements of the numerous agricultural classes 

 which the County Councils are organizing through- 

 out the country. The author's aim has been to give 

 such clear and practical instruction as may help to 

 popularize the subject of which it treats, which has 

 been too long neglected in this country. 



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