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CONTENTS. 



Sect. I. — Hardy or Orchard Fruits — The Apple — continued. p-^oe 

 1130. Varieties. 1131 Early dessert apples. 1132. Dessert apples 

 to succeed early kinds. 1133. Early kitchen apples. 1134. Kitchen 

 apples for winter and spring use. 1135. Cider apples. 1136. Dessert 

 apples which may be used as kitchen apples. 1137. Kitchen apples 

 which may be used as dessert apples. -1 138. Apples for cottage gardens, 

 where the soil and situation are favourable, and which may be used either 

 for the table or the kitchen. 1139. Apples for training against the 

 walls or on the roofs of cottages, or on the walls of cottage gardens. 



1 140. Apples for cottage gardens in situations liable to spring frosts. 



1141. Apples for a cottage garden in an unfavourable climate, 1142. 

 Apples adapted for walls of different aspects. 1143. Apples adapted 

 for espaliers, dwarfs, or conical standards. 1144. Apples suitable for 

 an orchard. 1145. Apples remarkable for the form of the tree, or the 

 beauty of the blossoms or fruit. 1146. General principles of selecting 

 varieties of the apple. 1147. Propagation. 1148. Soil and situation. 

 1149. Mode of bearing, pruning, and training. 1150. Spurring-in 

 pruning. 1151. Pruning with reference to the entire tree. 1 1 52. Ga- 

 thering and keeping, 1153. Diseases, insects, casualties, &c. 



SuBSECT. II. — The Pear 545 



1155. Uses. ] 156. Properties of a good pear. 1157. The varieties. 

 1158. Dessert pears arranged in the order of their ripening and keep- 

 ing. 1159. Kitchen pears arranged in the oi'der of their ripening and 

 keeping. 1160. Perry pears arranged in the order of their merits. 

 1161. A list of pears adapted for walls of different aspects. 1162. A 

 list of pears for espaliers, dwarfs, or standards, trained conically or 

 spurred-in. 1163. A list of pears adapted for an orchard, or being 

 grown as standards. 1164. A selection of Pears where the space is 

 very limited, or for cottage gardens. 1165. Pear-trees of forms adapted 

 for landscape scenery. 1166. The propagation, nursery, culture, and 

 choice of plants. 1167. Soil, situation, and final planting. 1168. The 

 mode of bearing, pruning, and training. 1 169. Gathering and keeping, . 

 1170. The diseases, insects, and casualties. 



SuBSECT. in. — The Quince 551 



1172. Varieties. 1173. Propagation, soil, and other points of cul- 

 ture and management. 



SuBSECT. TV.^The Medlar . 552 



1175. Varieties. 1176. Propagation, soil, and other points of cul- 

 ture and management. 



SuBSECT. V. — The True Service 552 



1177. The true service. 1178. Pyrus t6rminalis. 1179. Pyrus A'ria 

 var. erotica. 



SuBSECT. Yl.— The Cherry 553 



1181. Use. 1183. Varieties. 1183. Dessert cherries, arranged in 

 the order of their ripening. 1184. Cherries for preserving. 1185. 

 Cherries adapted for being trained against walls of different aspects. 

 1186. Cherries adapted for espaliers or dwarfs. 1187. Cherries adapted 

 for being grown as standards. 1188. Cherries for a cottage garden. 

 1189. Cherries for the north of Scotland. 1190. Propagation, nursery 

 culture, and choice of plants. 1191. Soil, situation, and final planting, 

 1192. Mode of bearing, pruning, and training. 1193. Gathering and 

 keeping. 1194. Diseases, insects, casualties, &c. 1195. A Dutch 

 cherry garden. 



SuBSECT, Yll.— The Plum . . . , . . . . 558 



1197. Use. 1198. Varieties. 1199. Dessert plums arranged in the 

 order of their ripening. 1200. Kitchen plums arranged in the order of 

 their ripening. 1201. A selection of plums for walls of different aspects, 

 espaliers and dwarfs, and for an orchard. 1202. Dessert and kitchen 

 plums for a garden of limited extent. 1203. A selection of dessert 



