THE 



FRUITS AND FRUIT-TREES 



AMERICA; 



OR, 



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 TIIE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY OF LONDON; AND OF THE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETIES OF BERLIN, THE LOW COUNTRIES, MASSACHUSETTS, 

 PENNSYLVANIA, INDIANA, CINCINNATI, ETC. 



" What wondrous life is this I lead ? 

 Eipe apples drop about my head ; 

 The luscious clusters of the vine 

 Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; 

 The nectarine and curious peach 

 Into my hands themselves do reach." 



MARVELL. 



SECOND REVISION AND CORRECTION, WITH LARGE ADDITIONS, BY 



CHARLES DOWNING. 



NEW YOEK: 

 JOHN WILEY & SON, AND ORANGE JUDD & CO. 



1869. 



