PREFACE. 



In this age of book-making, a new book should not be urged 

 upon the public unless to supply a real need. My excuse for pre- 

 senting at this time this little volume, is the want, 011 the part of 

 beginners in the business of fruit culture, and of the common 

 farmer who has not the time nor inclination to study extensive 

 works upon the subject, of a book that shall be sold at a small 

 price yet cover the entire field of fruit cultivation, m all its de- 

 tails, in a plain and practical manner. The limits of the present 

 work, however, will not allow of an extended discussion as to the 

 merits of the many methods of growth and cultivation, and I 

 have aimed to give oulv such as arc largely practiced by the most 

 successful fruit growers. 



S. T. MAYXARD. 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 

 Amberst, Mass., 1885. 



[ Copyright, 1885, by the Phelps Publishing Company.] 



