PREFACE. V 



has happened to succeed contrary to the advice 

 of the former. 



But the treatment of fruit trees altogether 

 requires long practice and close application ; 

 and I intend in this small treatise to explain so 

 clearly the necessary treatment of fruit trees^ 

 that every one who is able to read it may under- 

 stand. I might fill three volumes twice the size, 

 and not convey more practical information to the 

 reader than will be found in this small book ; 

 and those who follow its instructions need not 

 fear success, as I do not intend to speak of any- 

 thing which I have not fully proved. This work 

 will be confined to that profitable and beautiful 

 part of horticulture, the most leading fruits 

 cultivated in this country ; among which I shall 

 treat largely on apples, they being of all fruits 

 the most profitable and useful, and I may add 

 the most beautiful, for the bloom in spring is 

 extremely handsome, and the fruit when ripe 

 the same. Indeed it may be denominated with 



