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THE EVOLUTION OF OUR NATIVE FRUITS 



for October, 1846." Dr. Brinckle died in 1863. He 

 was born in Delaware, and he began bis medical 

 career in 1820 in Wilmington. In 1825, be removed 

 to Philadelphia. A correspondent signing himself 

 "R. B." (whom I take to be Robert Bnist, the dis- 



Fig. r>4. William I>. BrinckhS, an early experimenter with the raspoerry. 



tinguished seedsman and author, of Philadelphia), writ- 

 ing to the "Gardener's Monthly" upon the occasion of 

 BrinckI6's death, remarks that "Dr. Brinckle* stood at 

 the very head of the pomological fraternity, and had 

 done more for the science than any other person, 

 whether American or European." Another correspon- 

 dent, "J.J. S." (no donbl John Jay Smith, editor of 

 Michanx's "Sylva," and once editor of the "Horticul- 

 turist"), gives the following reminiscence of Brinckll: 



