IN PREPARATION. 



SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



(American Horticultural Manual. Part II.) 



The plan of this work is to include only the varieties rec- 

 ommeDded at this time by societies, and growers, including 

 those of special value locally — so far as known— and those 

 on the trial lists of the horticulturists of the Northwest and 

 of the northern limits of successful fruit-growing. 



For the benefit of amateurs and beginners the relative 

 hardiness of varieties will be given with their adaptation — 

 so far as known — to given sons, exposures, and altitudes. 

 The names of fruits will be made to conform to the code of 

 the American Horticultural Society, but the popular name 

 and the synonyms will follow. 



Fruit lists and the classification and description of 

 varieties are used mainly for reference in time of need in 

 selecting varieties for planting, and for determining the cor- 

 rectness of their names when they come into bearing. The 

 identification of unknown varieties is not so easy, as widely 

 differing varieties in value are often similar in form, shape, 

 and color. 



Yet as a guide such a select list of varieties will have 

 great value in many ways. 



In the preparation of this work the writer has the valu- 

 able assistance of Prof. N. E. Hansen, who has given several 

 years to a study of fruits in various parts of the United 

 States and over a large part of Europe and Asia. 



J. L. BUDD. 



Ames, Iowa. 



