FROTES-AND FRUIT-TREES 
AMERICA; 
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THE CULTURE, PROPAGATION, AND MANAGEMENT, IN THE GARDEN AND 
ORCHARD, OF FRUIT TREES GENERALLY ; * 
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- DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE FINEST VARIETIES OF FRUIT, 
NATIVE AND FOREIGN, CULTIVATED IN THIS COUNTRY 
BY A. J. DOWNING. 
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WRRESPONDING MEMBER_OF THE ROYAL BOTANIO SOOIETY OF LONDUN; AND 08 THH 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES OF BERLIN; THE LOW COUNTRIES; MAS8ACHU- 
3ETTS; PENNSYLVANIA} INDIANA; CINCINNATI, EVO. 
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What wondrous life is this I lead? 
Ripe apples drop about my head; 
The luscious clusters of the vine 
Upon my mouth do crush their wine; 
The nectarine and curious peach * - 
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REVISED AND REOTED BY ts 
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NEW YORK: 
JOHN WILEY & SON, PUBLISHERS, 
2 CLINTON HALI, ASTOR PLACE. ° 
1869, 
