THE AMERICAN 



FRUIT CULTURIST 



CONTAINING 



PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS FOR THE PROPAGATION 



AND CULTURE OF ALL FRUITS ADAPTED 



TO THE UNITED STATES 



BY 



JOHN J. THOMAS 



First President or the Fruit Growers* Society of Westerm New Vork; 

 Honorary Member of Massachusetts Horticultural Society; of Penn- 

 BYLVANiA Fruit Growers' Society ; Worcester Horticultural So- 

 ciety; Assistant Editor '* Country Gentleman;** and for 

 Thirty Years a Practical Nurseryman. 



XLv0cnt^^fit6t Edition, tRcviscb and Enlarged 



WILLIAM H. S. WOOD 



LiFB Member American Pomological Society, Member Nbw York Academy oi 



Sciences, Incorporator New York Botanical Garden, Fellow American 



Geographical Society ; Member Horticultural Society op New 



York ; of Bedford Farmers' Club, Etc , Etc. 



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