PREFACE TO 



NEW REVISED EDITION FOR 1860. 



Is 1857 the lost edition of our Cataloguo was published ; since that time, although a 

 very brief period, many new fruits have been introduced, and considerable experience 

 obtained, which render a new and revised edition necessary at this time. A few varieties 

 in the former edition are stricken off, being superseded by others, and several new varie- 

 ties of proved excellence are added. 



New Varieties of Pears. — There is a great falling off in the anxiety to obtain new 

 Pears, the attention of cultivators and even pomologists, being more particularly Occupied 

 with experiments to ascertain the best of those already introduced, and the host mode of 

 cultivation. This has already had a beneficial effect; hundreds of indifferent varieties 

 have already been discarded ; Catalogues are getting cut down to reasonable dimensions, 

 and this, with an improved cultivation, will in a few years, place Pear culture in a greatly 

 advanced position. 



Dwarf PbA&S. — The cultivation of Dwarf Pears has been fully discussed in the Horti- 

 cultural and Agricultural journals, and the result has been to bring the matter promi- 

 nently before the public, and draw out the experience of cultivators. 



It has been ascertained and established beyond a doubt, that the causes of failures 

 have been, uniformly, unskilful and careless cultivation, combined with unsuitable stocks 

 and an improper selection of varieties. With the experience now acquired, the planting 

 of Dwarf Pears is more extensive than ever; it is now taken up with confidence, and will 

 be prosecuted with success. The country will accomplish more in this department during 

 the next five years than it has done in the last ten. 



In Apples there is very little new ; Dwarf Trees, on Paradise stocks for gardens, and 

 low standards on JJoucin stocks for orchards in exposed situations, are receiving increased 

 attention. 



New Fruits. — No new Penchcs, Plums, Apricots or Nectarines, of any importance. 

 The small fruits are of more general interest than ever — the new large Currants and 

 the Blackberries taking the lead. New Strawberries are numerous, many of them of little 

 or no value. The "Albany," for its productiveness alone, has had a great run of popularity. 

 "Hooker" has been in great demand, and so far has given fair satisfaction. Our Genesee 

 holds its ground well, and many of the old sorts are as popular as ever. Among the 

 Foreign sorts, a few seem to adapt themselves remarkably well to our climate. The most 

 prominent of these are Triomplt de Gand, Trollopes Victoria, and Comte de Flanders ; these 

 are all magnificent fruits of fair quality, and bear both our summers and winters well. 



Native G rapes. — Xative Grapes have occupied a large share of attention in almost 

 every part of the country, and the consequence has been the introduction of a large 

 number of new varieties, and the re-introduction of many old ones, that bad long ago 

 beon discarded as valueless. A few varieties, such as the Delaware, Diana, Rebecca, 

 Concord, <£•<•., will, beyond doubt, prove permanently valuable, whilst by far the greater 

 number of new sorts will be objects of speculation for a time, and then be abandoned. 



' In the meantime, the interest awakened on this subject will lead to great improvement 

 as well as a great extension of Grape culture. 



