INTRODUCTION • 



culture of fruit, in the present enlightened 

 age of horticulture, would be undertaking a 

 task which I must acknowledge I am utter- 

 ly incapable to accomplish. But, so far as 

 this manual has any pretensions to the cul- 

 ture of fruit, I have given the results of 

 practice, in a manner and with a view to 

 assist the inexperienced cultivator : and any 

 errors that might have occurred in penning 

 the articles, or any theory that may appear 

 improper to the scientific horticulturist or 

 pomologist, I shall at all times be happy to 

 correct. 



It would be superfluous for me in this 

 place to enumerate the reasons, why and 

 wherefore, for inserting the different articles 

 in this little manual. They have all been 

 inserted for one end, namely, to be useful 

 to the young beginner in the culture of fruit. 

 The different subjects treated on can be 

 more readily comprehended by reference to 

 the table of contents, than by a long expla- 

 nation in an introduction. With these re- 

 marks I send forth my little manual to the 

 public, with a hope, that it may in a mea- 

 sure prove to be, as its author intended, 

 of some utility to the young cultivator of 

 fruit. 



EDWARD SAYERS. 



March, 1839. 



