LETTER OE TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 Washington, D. C, February 26, 1909. 



Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled 

 ''Fruits Kecommended by the American Pomological Society for 

 Cultivation in the Various Sections of the United States and Canada." 

 This catalogue has been prepared by the committee of the American 

 Pomological Society on revision of the catalogue of fruits, of which 

 Prof. W. H. Ragan, Expert in Pomological Nomenclature, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, is chairman, and has been submitted for publication 

 by Col. G. B. Brackett, Pomologist. 



The varieties of fruits included in these pages have been recom- 

 mended and rated by practical growers, who have tested them in vari- 

 ous sections of the country, and these lists can not fail to prove of 

 value to the planter who wishes reliable information as to what fruits 

 will probably succeed in his soil and locality. 



This manuscript constitutes the third revised catalogue of fruits 

 which has been prepared under the joint auspices of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture and the American Pomological Society, 

 the others having been pubhshed as bulletins 6 and 8 of the Division 

 of Pomology, which became a part of the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 upon its organization in 1901. The bulletins mentioned have proved 

 of great value and several editions have been required to meet the 

 large demand for them. 



I recommend that this manuscript be published as Bulletin No. 151 

 of the special series of this Bureau. 



Respectfully, B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. '' 



