PEEFAOE TO EEVISED EDITION AXD 

 APPEXDIX. 



Twenty years ago I wrote tlie first edition of this work, 

 scarcely expecting at the time that there Avoiild be snch 

 a demand for it as to call for yarious revisions and 

 additions during the next two decades, and even later, 

 for now my publishers inform me that the last edition is 

 entirely exhausted, and a new one must immediately go 

 to press to enable them to promptly fill their orders. 

 The large number of copies sold of former editions has 

 not only been gratifying to the Author, but it has 

 shown that there was a want of just such information as 

 it contained. It was a pioneer in a new field, and Small 

 Fruit Culture as a distinct branch of horticulture had 

 never been recognized when the first edition of this work 

 was published, but now there are hundreds of establish- 

 ments, and in all parts of the country, in which the 

 sm.all fruits or berries are a specialty. That this work 

 has had some influence in promoting this advance in 

 Small Fruit Culture, the Author thinks he may claim, 

 without fear of being accused of conceit. 



That my efforts in seeking to disseminate information 

 in regard to the propagation and cultivation of berries 

 have been well received by my co-laborers in this field, is 

 shown by the large sale and constant demand for this 

 work, and that they have also been ajipreciated abroad is 

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