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THE CANADIAN 



FRUIT-CULTURIST; 



OR, 



LETTEES TO AN INTENDING FRUIT-GROWER, 



ON :^HE 



PROPER LOCATION, SOIL, PREPARATION, PLANTING, AND AFTER-CULTIVATON 



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it(hati(h, ©tnf[i)jiiidjj, and ^aiiditns; 



WITH DIRECTIONS FOR THE 



BEST MODE OF CULTURE OF EACH VARIETY OF FRUI T ; 



AND BELECT DESCRIPTIVE LISTS OF THE BEST VARIETIES 



OP THE 



APPLE, PEAR, PLUM, CHERRY, GRAPE, PEACH, NECTARINE, APRICOT, QUINCE, 

 GOOSEBERRY, CURRANT, BLACKBERRY, AND STRAWBERRY, 



SUITABLE FOR • 



BY JAMES DOUaALL, 



WllTDSOB NUBSIRIBt, C.W. 



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Montreal: 



JOHN DOUGALL & SON, PUBLISHERS. 



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1867. 



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