PREFACE 



TO THE 



REVISED AMERICAN EDITION. 



IN the preparation of this Edition for the press by the 

 publisher, it has been thought desirable to adapt it, in a 

 still greater degree, to the wants of American Readers. 



In order to accomplish this, much new matter, and seve- 

 ral entirely new articles of especial interest at the present 

 time, have been prepared and added to the work. 



The standard Fruits of our country which have obtained 

 the sanction of that intelligent body, the American Con- 

 gress of Fruit-growers, up to, and including their last meet- 

 ing, in Boston, in September, 1854, is given in full under 

 their appropriate heads 



A more select list of reliable fruits has also been pre- 

 pared and placed after the Calendar, and which is particu- 

 larly commended to those selecting for the Middle and 

 Northern States. 



In order to make room for all of this, some of the origi- 

 nal matter of the English Edition has been extracted from 

 this, but it consisted almost exclusively of comments on 

 English Apples, and other fruits, unknown or proved value- 

 less in this country, and the greater part of them have had 



