PREFACE TO NEW EDITION, 1866. 



In presenting tliis new edition of our Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of 

 Fruits, it may not be out of place to say a lew words in relation to the advance in 

 prices. "We regret the necessity for this advance more than our customers can do, 

 but it is unavoidable. We must either advance, or abandon the business. "We are 

 now paying for all kinds of labor, and material used, just about twice as much as 

 before the war, and this with all the extra taxes and burthens resulting from that, has 

 so increased the cost of production, that at old prices we could not pay expenses. 



We believe the public will cheerfully pay Nurserymen a price that will enable them 

 to produce good stock and maintain the character and usefulness of their establish 

 ments. As soon as the times will justify a reduction in prices, we will make it 

 promptly and cheerfully. We shall endeavor in the future, as in the past, to make 

 om" establishment both useful and creditable to the country, and hope for a continu- 

 ance of that liberal patronage which we have received during the past quarter of a 

 century. 



We invite special attention to the notice on the following page, headed " Advice 

 to Correspondents." 



ELLWAK-GEK & BASRY, 

 Mount Rope Nurseriss, 



January, 1866, Rochester, N. T. 



