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the country, how mucli might be done to improve their 

 incomings by growing good crops of the best descrip- 

 tions of Pears, Peaches, &c., instead of a poor crop 

 (if any at all) of comparatively worthless and un- 

 marketable fruit. In France, this subject is considered 

 of sufficient importance to be taught in schools and 

 colleges, M. Du Breuil himself being a Professor of 

 Arboriculture. The present Manual was honoured 

 with the Prize of the Imperial Society of Horticulture. 



The value of the Work to English Cultivators will 

 be much enhanced by the additional notes of Mr. 

 Wardle. 



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