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presently show. I note the American Pomology Society, in a bul- 

 letin (Bulletin No. 8, Division of Pomology), issued by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, has divided the United States into 19 Pomol- 

 ogical districts, more or less adapted to different varieties of fruits. 

 For the purpose of this hand-book I will reduce that number to the 

 following five : 



First The northern tier of states, consisting of Maine, Vermont, 

 New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, 

 Montana and Wyoming. This contains some of the most inhospitable 

 fruit regions, but it may to a great extent be made to meet the re- 

 quirements of those dwarf trees. 



Fancy trained, globlet form 



Showing vine when inconvenient to plant near a wall may be 

 planted at a distance in a basket and led underground to wall 



Fig- 5 



Second The middle belt of states from the Atlantic coast to the 

 112th degree of longitude, which comprises a fairly good fruit region, 

 and well adapted to dwarf tree culture. 



Third We have the region of the Rocky Mountains and includ- 

 ing Idaho, Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon and Nevada. 

 This embraces a varied fruit region, in many places producing the 

 finest quality of fruits and in others (from local conditions) some not 

 so good, but nearly all may be utilized for dwarf trees. 



