THE 



FRUITS AND FRUIT-TREES 



AMERICA; 



THE CULTURE, PROPAGATION, AND MANAGEMENT, IN THE 

 GARDEN AND ORCHARD, OP FRUIT-TREES GENERALLY: 



DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE FINEST VARIETIES OF FRUIT, NATIVE 

 AND FOREIGN, CULTIVATED IN THIS COUNTRY. 



By AT J* DOWNING, 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY OF LONDON ; AND OF TKE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETIES OF BERLIN, THE LOW COUNTRIES, MASSACHUSETTS, 

 PENNSYLVANIA, INDIANA, CINCINNATI, ETC. 



' What wondrous life is this I lead ? 

 Ripe apples drop about my head ; 

 The luscious clusters of the vino 

 Upon my mouth dp crush their wine ; 

 The nectarine and curious peach 

 Into my hands themselves do reach." 



Mart^ell. 



SECOND REVISION AND CORRECTION, WITH LARGE ADDITIONS, BY 



CHARLES DOWNING. 



NEW YORK : 



JOHN WILEY & SON, 2 CLINTON HALL, ASTOR PLACE. 



3869. 



