GENERAL PRINCIPLES. 



CHAPTER I. 



NAMES, DESCRIPTIONS, AND OFFICES OF THE DIF- 

 FERENT PARTS OF FRUIT TREES. 



General Remarks. 

 of many parts, such as 



FIG. L 



Fig. 1, a tree. A, the collar. B, 

 the main root. C, lateral root. 

 D, fibres. E, stem or trunk. F, 

 main branches. G, secondary 

 branches. H, shoots, one year's 



A Tree is a living body composed 

 roots, branches, leaves, buds, blos- 

 soms, fruit, &c. All these have 

 different offices to fulfil, assume 

 different forms and characters, and 

 are known and designated from 

 one another by different names 

 when subjected to the practical 

 operation of culture. Without 

 some knowledge of the names and 

 structure of these different parts, 

 of the principles that guide their 

 development, their relative connec- 

 tion with, and influence upon one 

 another, tree culture cannot be, 

 to any man, really pleasant, in- 

 tellectual, or successful ; but a 

 misty, uncertain, unintelligible 

 routine of manual labor. 



The industry of our times is pe- 

 culiarly distinguished by the ap- 

 plication of science the union of 

 theory with practice in every de- 

 partment ; and surely the votaries 

 of the garden, whose labors, of 



