PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION. 
In preparing this revised and corrected edition of the “Fruits 
and Fruit Trees of America,” no alteration has been made in 
the general principles of cultivation and propagation, and hut 
little in the descriptions of those varieties that are retained ; but 
some, after repeated trial, having proved unworthy of general 
cultivation, have been reduced and put in a class of inferior 
sorts ; some of which, however, have advocates, and succeed in 
particular soils and localities. 
Many new ones of “very good” and “best” quality have 
been added ; some well proved, and others partially so, requir- 
ing more time to give their true merits ; some giving promise 
of excellence, others may prove, when fully tested, but of in- 
ferior value. 
Something has been done towards ascertaining synonymes 
and identifying disputed varieties, and great numbers of speci- 
mens compared from various sources; but it requires much 
time and long-continued examinations to accomplish even a 
little by private individuals, where there is so much confusion 
as now exists. Order and accuracy can only be arrived at 
when the different varieties are well grown in the same soil 
and locality, which could only be realized in an experimental 
garden on a large scale. 
To the many persons in various parts of the country who 
have kindly furnished notes and specimens of numerous fruits, 
we tender our acknowledgments. 
In Massachusetts, to John Milton Earl, Samuel Colton, 
George A. Chamberlain, and George Jacques, Worcester ; J. 
C. Stone, Shrewsbury ; F. Burr, Hingham ; Asa Clement* 
Lowell ; Willis P. Sargent, West Amesbury ;• O. Y. Hills, 
