THE AMERICAN 



FRUIT CULTURIST 



CONTAINING 



PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE PROPAGATION 



AND CULTURE OF ALL FRUITS ADAPTED 



TO THE UNITED STATES 



BY 



JOHN J. THOMAS 



FIRST PRESIDENT or THE FRUIT GROWERS' SOCIETY OF WESTERN NEW YORK; 

 HONORARY MEMBER OF MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY; OF PENN 

 SYLVANIA FRUIT GROWERS' SOCIETY ; WORCESTER HORTICULTURAL SO- 

 CIETY; ASSISTANT EDITOR "COUNTRY GENTLEMAN;" AND FOR 

 THIRTY YEARS A PRACTICAL NURSERYMAN. 



JBbition, IRevlsefc ant) 



WILLIAM H. S. WOOD 



LIFK MEMBER AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, MEMBER NEW YORK ACADEMY 01 



SCIENCES, INCORPORATOR NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, FELLOW AMERICAN 



GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY ; MEMBER HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW 



YORK ; OF BEDI-ORD FARMERS' CLUB, ETC., ETC. 



ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER EIGHT HUNDRED 

 ACCURATE FIGURES 



NEW YORK 



ORANGE JUDO COMPANY 

 1911 



