PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION 



It has been very gratifying to receive assurances that "The Fruit 

 Garden " has not only proved of the greatest help to the amateur, 

 but has also had considerable influence in extending fruit culture 

 in this country, and in directing its practice on sound lines. The 

 authors, therefore, are very glad to be able to announce a cheaper 

 edition of this work, admittedly the finest book on the culture of 

 fruit trees yet published, with the object of placing it within the reach 

 of those to whom the higher price was prohibitive. Some slight 

 revision of the contents has been made, but the book remains 

 practically the same. " The Fruit Garden " appeals to the amateur 

 gardener by reason of the concise and plainly written information 

 and faithful diagrams it contains, and will be found equally valu- 

 able by the professional grower of wider experience in fruit culture 

 out-of-doors, and under glass. In view of the efforts now directed 

 towards the teaching of practical gardening in elementary and 

 secondary schools and by County Councils, " The Fruit Garden " 

 will be found invaluable, and should be in the hands of every 

 student. The authors feel confident that this cheaper edition will 

 be welcomed by all growers of fruit, whether for home or for the 

 market, and that it will give still further impetus to fruit culture 

 in Britain. 



February 1906. 



