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the experiment stations of Iowa, Oregon, Geneva, Cornell, Rhode 

 Island, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Connecticut, 

 Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maine, Ohio, North Carolina, New 

 Jersey, Virginia, Nebraska, Utah, and Washington ; to the reports 

 of the Iowa State Horticultural Society, the W'estern New York 

 Horticultural Society, the Illinois Horticultural Society, the Ver- 

 mont Horticultural Society, the American Pomological Society, 

 and the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa ; and to Farm and 

 Fireside, Better Fruits, The Fruit and Prod/tee Distributor, The 

 Harden Magazine, The Country Gentleman,and The Fruit-Grower. 

 Grateful acknowledgments for aid are due Mr. Madison Cooper 

 and Professor C. S. Wilson, pomologist at the New York State 

 College of Agriculture, Cornell University. The latter has read 

 the proof and made many valuable suggestions. 



ALBERT E. WILKINSON 



