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PREFACE. 



strict propriety, a truly British fruit, being the 

 most staple commodity of the kind grown in 

 England ; and unlike any other, may be ob- 

 tained in perfection during any month through- 

 out the year. 



It is impossible to write a book that will 

 apply, to every particular case, and as this is not 

 intended as an introduction to Botany, or a 

 Gardener's Dictionary, I think it would be 

 wrong to confuse the reader with more than is 

 stated in the title page. I am certain there is 

 great room for improvement in England, were 

 the soils and situations properly studied, after 

 the following treatise. I should not speak so 

 confidently, were it not from a long series of 

 practice ; for when I say there are thousands, 

 and tens of thousands of apple and other trees, 

 in different parts of England, which have been 

 grafted and managed by my own hands till they 

 have been sent to their respective places of des- 

 tination, together with the opportunity of fruit- 



