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ing and improving all the best sorts now in 

 cultivation — the confidence in attempting this 

 work will not be surprising. 



In addition to the treatise on fruits, budding, 

 and the various modes of grafting trees, with 

 interesting observations thereon, I have given a 

 list of all the leading fruits now in cultivation, 

 both alphabetical and explanatory, which will be 

 found very useful to those who are unacquainted 

 with them. 



The work is divided into chapters and para- 

 graphs, each paragraph beginning and ending 

 with the subject it relates to, without being con- 

 fused with extraneous matter ; and as the index 

 refers to paragraphs as well as pages, any subject 

 may be found with the greatest facility. 



I now feel the greatest gratification in know- 

 ing that the first edition of this work has had 

 the most beneficial results, by causing a vast 

 quantity of fruit trees (particularly apples) to be 

 be planted in various parts of the kingdom ; 



