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This enlarged edition of our Catalogue, which we now present to our friends and the public 

 generally, has, it will be perceived, been arranged according to the popular methods introduced 

 by the London Horticultural Society, the advantages of which are, that it exhibits in a form so 

 concise as to be suited to the limits of a Catalogue, such general descriptions of the varieties of 

 Fruit, as will assist purchasers in becoming acquainted with their most important characteris- 

 lics, and in forming a tolerable correct opinion of their respective qualities. These, vague as 

 they necessarily are, will be found to afford valuable aid in making selections. 



In the arrangment, we have exercised the utmost care, in order to insure correctness. We 



• have not only made the best use of our own experience, but we have carefully consulted the best 

 ] authorities to be found — so that we believe the description will be found as accurate as can be ex- 

 ^ pected under the circumstances. Full and satisfactory descriptions can be obtained or expected, 

 I only from standard Pomological works. 



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• The Fruit Department of our Nursery has received, and will continue to receive, our particu- 

 ', lar attention. Our purpose is, and has been since the formation of our establishment, to make, 



• here in Western New York, a collection of fruits unsurpassed by any in the country, embrac- 

 t ing every valuable variety of either native or foreign origin, adapted to our soil and climate. 



• With this end in view, we have been gathering, from time to time, from every quarter, such va- 



• rieties as we have found to be held in high estimation in their respective locahties. We are 



• taking especial pains to collect our native fruits ; these will unquestionably be of the greatest 

 •[ value. Two years hence, we shall have a superb list of American Fruit. Our extensive per- 

 ^ sonal acquaintance vdth the principal fruit growers and nurserymen in England and on the Con- 

 !f tinent of Europe, has enabled us to make arrangements to receive annually, any new and valua- 

 '• ble fruits that may be brought to notice. And for the collection of native fruits, we have every 



* facility that the most extensive acquaintance in our country affords. 



Our practise is, to plant a specimen tree of every variety cultivated, in order to test it under 

 [ our own observation. Our Specimen Grounds now contain upwards of 200 varieties of Apples, 



* 150 of Pears, 60 of Cherries, 50 of Plums, &c. &c. ; a large proportion of which have been 



* already tested, and which we offer with confidence, in the following lists: 



* Our trees, for thriftiness and beauty, challenge comparison with any in the country. Every 



* one has been propagated and grown, under our own personal supervision, which enables us to 

 t have the fullest confidence in their correctness. 



Our Nursery Grounds are quite extensive. We at present occupy fifteen acres, and are pre- 



* pared to plant six more the ensuing autumn. We have abundance of excellent soil at our control, 



* which, with other facilities, enables us to extend our establishmeut as far as the demands of the 

 ' public require. 



» The situation of our Nursery is one of the most favorable that could be selected for carrying on 



* an extensive business. At the junction of the Erie and Genesee Valley Canals, directly on the 

 I Albany and Buffalo Rail-road, and within two miles of the Steam-boat Landing on Lake Onta- 



* rio, it is obvious that we possess unequalled facilities for forwarding packages to any portion of 

 J the United States or Canada. 



L We have an advantage of ei^ht day's transportation over the Eastern Nurseries in regard to 

 , supplying the West, which, considering the time, risk, and extra cost, is an important considera- 

 . tion, and one to which we beg the attention of Western fruit growers and dealers in trees. 



» Furthermore, the Fruits and Fruit Trees of our section, are entirely free from many of the di- 

 ' seases so prevalent in the East — they are fresh and vigorous, as our large fair fruits fully attest. 

 I The Apple tree canker-worm and borer, and the yellows among Peach trees, are comparatively 



* little known. Besides, trees raised here in the north-western portion of New York, are, beyond 

 '. a doubt, far hardier and better adapted to the climate of the Western States and the Canadas, 

 » than those raised on the warm soils and exposures bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. Experience 



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