THE 



.FRUITS AND FRUIT TREES 



AMERICA; 



OB, 



THE CULTURE, PROPAGATION, AND MANAGEMENT, IN THE GARDEN AND 

 ORCHARD, OF FRUIT TREES GENERALLY; 



DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE FINEST VARIETIES OF FRUIT, 

 NATIVE AND FOREIGN, CULTIVATED IN THIS COUNTRY 



BY A. J. DOWNING. 



- 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY OP LONDON ; AND OF TIM 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES OF BERLIN; THE LOW COUNTRIES,* MASSACHU- 

 SETTS ; PENNSYLVANIA ; INDIANA J CINCINNATI, ETC. 



What wondrous life is this I lead? 

 Ripe apples drop about my head ; 

 The luscious clusters of the vine 

 Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; 

 The nectarine and curious peach 

 Into rny hands themselves do reach. 



MABVELL. 



REVISED AND CORRECTED BY 



CHARLES DOWN 



THIRD THOUSAND, WITH CORRECTIONS. 



NEW YORK: 

 JOHN WILE Y 5 



No. 56 WALKER-STREET. 

 1859. 



