PREFACE. 



THE OBJECT OF THIS WORK, is not only to fur- 

 nish useful directions to those who may be little 

 acquainted with the management of Fruit Trees, 

 but to promote the culture of the best varieties, 

 and to improve their treatment so as to secure ex- 

 cellSnce and productiveness in a more eminent de- 

 gree than is usually attained. 



It was a very just remark of Professor Lindley, 

 that those who have sought for information in 

 books on this subject, have generally found plenty 

 of rules for action, but very few reasons. The 

 writer has aimed to avoid this error, and by occa- 

 sionally presenting the rationale of operations, to 

 simplify the directions given, and render them 

 more clear and obvious to the practical cultivator. 



As this is comparatively a small work, intended 

 partly as an answer to numerous inquiries, those 

 who need more extended information, especially 

 in relation to the different varieties of fruit known 



