xii INTRODUCTION. 



their profession as fruit-growers in the forcing 

 departments, from the pine down to the straw- 

 berry. 



The forcing and management of grapes, and 

 such other tree fruits which are best suited to 

 the forcing house, is clearly explained, with 

 some useful remarks relative to the stocks which 

 peaches, nectarines, &c, should be budded 

 upon, when they are intended for forcing, 

 which I would impress on the minds of such 

 of my readers who would wish to excel in the 

 profession, not to pass over too lightly. 



As this is intended as a general guide to the 

 forcing fruit-grower, not any one thing of im- 

 portance has been omitted, in order to render the 

 work as intelligible and useful as possible, not 

 neglecting or rejecting the ancient for the 

 modern, nor the modern for the ancient. 



While I am writing from an extensive prac- 

 tical knowledge on these subject, let me avail 

 myself of this opportunity to confess that since 

 the first publication of the Fruit Grower's In- 



