PUBLISHED OPINIONS OF EXPERTS. 



(From the JOUENAL OF HORTICULTUKE.) 



" Many thanks for the very handsome and excellent essay on fruit 

 growing 1 . The more I examine it the better I like it." A. F. BAEEON, 

 Royal Horticultural Society's Garden*, Chiswwk. 



" I have had a run through Mr. Wright's essay on fruit culture, and 

 am very much pleased with it. It is a sound ' multum in parvo,' and 

 cannot fail to be useful to all who may master its contents and have 

 an opportunity of acting on them." D. THOMSON, Gardener to the 

 Dulif of Jhiccleucli, Drumlanrig. 



" I have read Mr. Wright's prize essay, and truthfully assert that I 

 have never before seen a subject treated in such a brief yet thoroughly 

 instructive manner. The work is turned out in first-class style, and 

 gardeners generally ought to possess a copy, for they will find nothing 

 nearly so plain, reliable, and instructive in any other work of the 

 kind." W, IGGULDEN, Gardener to the Earl of Cork, 3 f first on. 



" The treatise on profitable fruit growing, although so concise, 

 really contains all that is necessary, and if the advice in it be followed 

 it will justify the title. Being naturally rather critical, I thought it 

 possible I might find in it something with which I might not agree, 

 but as to treatment I have found nothing." 



" I have carefully read the prize essay of Mr. J. Wright. It is written 

 to aid cottagers and other small holders of land to grow fruit, and is 

 just what is needed by them. But it should also be in the hands of 

 every gardener. Young men especially should read it attentively, 

 and they may learn more about hardy fruit growing than they fre- 

 quently do after several years of ordinary practice in gardens. I 

 regret that such a good and cheap little book was not in my hands 

 twenty years ago. It would have saved me many blunders and mis- 

 takes since then." WM. BAEDNEY, Gardener to Sir A. B. Walker, 

 ]',<irt , Osmastoji Jfftnnr. 



" Both Mr. Wright and the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers must 

 be congratulated on placing before the public such a wonderfully 

 cheap and practical essay. There are capital selections of the various 

 fruits to be grown, and plain and concise instructions are given on 

 the different modes of culture. The illustrations as to form of trees, 

 planting, pruning, packing the fruit, with plans of gardens, are useful, 

 and altogether we have a capital shilling's worth." A. YOUNG, Allcrlcy 

 Hall Gardens, St-wport. 



" I sincerely hope my Irish countrymen will read well and inwardly 

 digest the handbook on profitable fruit culture by Mr. J. Wright, 

 which places within the most convenient brief limits the most practisal 

 information on this increasingly important subject. The soil and 

 climate of Munster cannot be excelled in the British Isles for fruit 

 culture. Information is necessary. That information Mr. Wright gives 

 succinctly and in such a way that it would be impossible to do justice 

 to it by summarising." W. J. MUEPHY, Clonmel. 



" A most practical and valuable work for small gardens, cottage, or 

 allotment owners; fully illustrated, and valuable for it* sound teach- 

 ing. Just the work for distribution among cottage garden societies,. 

 etc." GEOEGE BUNYAED, Alaidstone (in " Fruit Growing for Profit"). 



