OF THE 



UNIVERSITY 



CULTURE OF FRUIT. 



CHAPTER I. 



INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



IT is believed that if our landowners knew that 

 a continued succession of the finer fruits, through- 

 out most of the year, could be had with very mode- 

 rate attention and labor, we should not much longer 

 witness such general destitution. The abundant 

 products of their gardens and orchards, already 

 prove that the fault is not in the climate and soil; 

 the contrast between the kinds they cultivate, and 

 those which rank as first rate, shows how much 

 they are losing; while the few choice collections 

 to be found, exhibit most plainly what might be 

 accomplished by all. 



A single instance may serve to show what is 

 easily placed within our reach. A cultivator, pos- 

 sessing a moderate collection, had fully ripe upon 

 his trees at mid-summer, or at the time of wheat 

 harvest, three varieties of pear, five of apricot, two 



