PREFACE. V 



trees (particularly apples,) that every one who 

 is able to read it may understand. I might 

 fill three volumes twice the size, and not 

 convey more practical information to the 

 reader than will be found in this small book ; 

 and those who follow its instructions need not 

 fear success, as I do not intend to speak of any 

 thing which I have not fully proved. This work 

 will be confined to that profitable and beautiful 

 part of horticulture, the most leading fruits cul- 

 tivated in this country ; among which I shall 

 treat largely on apples, they being of all fruits 

 the most profitable and useful, and I may add 

 the most beautiful, for the bloom in Spring is 

 extremely handsome, and the fruit when ripe 

 the same. Indeed it may be denominated with 

 strict propriety, a truly British fruit, being the 

 most staple commodity of the kind grown in 

 England ; and unlike any other, may be ob- 

 tained in perfection during any month through- 

 out the year. 



It is impossible to write a book that will apply 

 to every particular case, and as this is not in- 



