20 ON THE CULTIVATION OF APPLES. 



young trees, neither would they succeed so 

 well in future. 



OBSERVATIONS BEFORE THE GENERAL CULTI- 

 VATION OF APPLES. 



Par. 8. It is both necessary and important 

 to make some observations on the cultivation 

 of apples, as it more or less affects fruit growers 

 generally, for it is too often the case, (some for 

 want of thought, others for want of experience) 

 to go upon one broad plan, without studying 

 the situation, the soil, or the different sorts of 

 fruit, which would best suit the different situ- 

 ations, which I shall endeavour to explain, at 

 the same time confine myself to a limited num- 

 ber of sorts such as are most esteemed, for to 

 introduce two or three hundred sorts of apples, 

 two thirds of which are not worth growing, 

 would only confuse the reader and render it 

 difficult to choose. 



I shall therefore confine myself to fifty sorts, 

 giving each their true character; for it is very 

 necessary when you plant either in large quan- 

 tities for the market, or in gardens for the use of 

 the family, to plant such sorts as will come 

 in succession all the year round, which will be 



