PREFACE. 



THE present work is designed to fill the place formerly 

 occupied by Dr. Hogg's Fruit Manual which has now 

 been out of print for some time, and as it is more than 

 thirty years since the last edition appeared, there 

 are a large number of fruits which have not yet been 

 described save in the weekly gardening Journals. 

 In preparing the present handbook, the author has 

 endeavoured to provide information in a popular form 

 without any loss of accuracy, and the references given 

 to the coloured plates in the standard Pomologies 

 will facilitate a study of the fuller descriptions in these 

 works. 



The present volume will shortly be followed by a similar 

 one on Stone Fruits, Peaches, Nectarines, Plums and 

 Cherries, and completed by one containing the smaller 

 fruits, Gooseberries, Raspberries, Currants, Nuts, etc. 

 It was thought well to publish the Apples and Pears 

 at once rather than wait another year or eighteen months 

 before presenting the complete volume. 



There are, of course, a large number of varieties 

 not included in the work, but the Author has thought 

 it unwise to include other than those which are more 

 generally cultivated. In Pears, for instance, the list 

 might easily have been quadrupled but without any 

 corresponding advantage to the general reader. 



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