EXPLANATION 



THE book on Bush-Fruits was first published in 1898, 

 when the author, Fred W. Card, was professor of horti- 

 culture in the Rhode Island College of Agriculture and 

 Mechanic Arts. He had held a similar chair in the Uni- 

 versity of Nebraska, and as a post-graduate student in 

 Cornell University he had made a special study of these 

 fruits and the book grew out of a thesis on the subject. 

 The book is revised by the author, now a farmer on his 

 own farm in Pennsylvania, with the purpose to make it 

 as useful as possible to the actual grower of the fruits. 

 The bulletin literature of the subject has also been gone 

 over and assorted. The cultural methods have not 

 changed greatly, however, and even many of the old va- 

 rieties are still commercially important. The parts on 

 insects and diseases have been revised by specialists. The 

 botanical accounts, which were a feature of the old book, 

 are omitted because fuller treatments are now accessible. 

 The author wishes to express his special obligation to 

 members of the staff of the New York Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station (Geneva), particularly to F. C. Stewart 

 and O. M. Taylor; also to F. V. Coville, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, for aid in the discussion of 

 the blueberry. The author now places the book before 

 the public in its new dress as a practical manual on the 

 usual growing and handling of currants, gooseberries, 

 blackberries, dewberries, raspberries, blueberries, and a 

 few minor woody small-fruits. 



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