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the most improved methods of producing all kinds of hardy fruit. 

 There can be no doubt that fruit growing is a coming industry, and 

 that the book in question will hasten and expand it more than any 

 volume that has hitherto been published." Lci.-d* ^fet<ur^/. 



Mr. Wright's essay is a carefully prepared digest of all the details 

 of fruit cultivation, and the writer conclusively proves that, if tended 

 properly, the fruit tree can be made the source of considerable profit 

 to the small landholder ; and. after a study of the book, cultivators 

 cannot fail to improve their knowledge of this industry, which pro- 

 mises to become one of the most important in the kingdom." J\ 

 >-ss. 



-Mr. John Wright, F.R.H.S., the author of this essay, is a well- 

 known authority on advanced fruit culture. It treats concisely and 

 most practically of the most improved methods of producing all kinds 

 of hardy fruit. The instructions are as plainly displayed and as easily 

 understood as the alphabet. There can be no doubt that fruit growing 

 is a coming industry, and that the book in question will hasten and 

 expand it more than any volume that has hitherto been published." 

 Cardiff Wrcltly MniL 



" The Fruiterers' Company's prize essay, by Mr. John Wright, 

 F.R.H.S., is published in a convenient volume. It is at once a stimulus 

 to better fruit cultivation, and a practical guide to the means whereby 

 this may be secured. The writer deplores the fact that so much of 

 the fruit consumed in this country should be imported from abroad, 

 especially from America, and he thinks that want of care and skill, 

 and general improgressiveness on the part of English fruit growers, 

 have as much to do with the matter as the defects of our English 

 climate and other things often blamed." Reading Mercury. 



"The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers deserve the warmest 

 thanks for publishing in book form Mr. John Wright's admirable 

 prize essay on ' Profitable Fruit Growing.' The question of fruit 

 growing is one that is now, happily, more closely engaging the atten- 

 tion of farmers and others. Hitherto England has given a very poor 

 report as to cultivation in this respect, with the result that the impor- 

 tations of fruit are increasing every year. To make fruit growing 

 profitable, however, they are many rules to be observed, and these Mr. 

 Wright, in his essay, dilates upon in a common-sense practical manner." 

 7 Journal. 



- We heartily commend the volume to the notice of cottagers and 

 allotment holders, also to those gentlemen who are anxious to promote 

 the success of these struggling working-men. A copy or two placed 

 in the village reading-room would be of great value. The essay con- 

 veys details on the selection of the most suitable varieties of fruits, 

 and the planting, ^ pruning, and other essential operations in the 

 management of fruit trees and fruit-bearing bushe?. also on gathering, 

 storing, and disposing of the crops. Like its gifted author, we shall 

 not consider it satisfactory if it does not prove serviceable to many (at 

 present inexperienced) cultivators of hardy fruit." Lincolnshire 

 Chrcnicle. 



