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PEEFACE. 



tliat all but Boveys are staiainates. MeAv-or's Super- 

 ior appears to have L:'St ground. ;jut it niau he. h-;c:juse 

 it has been extensiv-lv cjufjuuded ui:d McAoe'v's 

 Extra Eed, a similar variety, but having an inferior, 

 brisk acid flavor. 



Peabody's Seedhng h:-5 not been suSeiently tested 

 at the North as vet to warrant a ?]:ee:el n-ttiee. 



Several English vari-ties are sp'OOiu ee' h^.vorably, 

 such as Troh y^e's Victoria, Sir Harrv. Sir Charles 

 Napier, k(i, ; but ve apprc-hend th-v vuii m stly 

 remain as pets in the ainatenrh s'-rdens like the 

 imported varieties heretofore in-ut ht t td. 



Crimson Cone is yet the ]:::ncy;:e market fruit 

 around Nevr York. It is handsonte. hdr size, brisk 

 acid, bears carriage veil, is easily cultivated, and 

 moderately productive. 



Among the Easjj^jerri^:?, Bri'i'^CCC? Crcing-i^ gaining 

 favor, and the same mav Ije said of the Dorclitster or 

 Lnprovtd High Buili ''Bn.CCierrn of Massachusetts. 



The Cherry Currant is objected to, on account of its 

 severe acidity. 



The DCairare and Eelecca C rapes are cr^^atfeg no 

 little furore in the Horticultural vorld. Ti:ev are 

 certainly of delicious flav'r. and if very earlv. hardy 

 and productive as rejoresented. vrill prove to be 

 decided acquisitions. Several other nev vari-iies are 

 spoken of, but their precise vadue is so unctrtain. that 

 ^\e can rtfford to vrait. 



There is great encoirragement at the present time to 

 raise seedlings for the purpose of irtroducing nev and 

 improved varieties of all (tur sn:aller fruit-, ard not 

 only cuhivators generally, but amat-ur-, if they tave 

 but a small garden, Vv'ill find much. pleasure in these 

 experiments. 



New YorJcj March 1858. The Author. 



