[April, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
1871.] 
DOWNING’S 
FRUITS 
.AND 
FRUIT TREES. 
BY 
A. J. DOWNING. 
Newly Revised and Greatly 
Enlarged 
BY 
CHARLES DOWNING. 
Octavo, 1122 Pages. 
The origins! work of the late A. J. Downing appeared 
in 1845, Some years after it was revised and much en 
largpd t>y his brother, Charles Downing, who has again 
completed the work of a second revision. Charles 
Downing is upon all hands acknowledged as one of oui 
highest pomological authorities, He writes but seldom, 
but whatever bears his name is accepted as the judgment 
of one who Is entirely disinterested, as far as the com- 
mercial aspects of pomology are concerned. The present 
edition contains the results of many years' labor and ex¬ 
perience which have been devoted to testing the value 
of fruits and. acquiring a knowledge of them that should 
benefit others,. 
Recommendation prom Hon. MARSHALL. P. WILDER, 
President of the American Pomological Society. 
Boston, Oct. 4,186SK 
Gentlemen : 
I have received a copy from Mr, Charles Downing of 
rhe second revised edition of the “Fruits and Fruit 
Trees op America.” It is the most comprehensive of 
any similar work, in fact a complete Encyclopedia op 
American Pomology brought down to the present time. 
The original edition by his brother, the late Andrew 
Jackson Downing, popular as it ever has been, is made 
doubly interesting and useful by this revision, compris¬ 
ing as it does the results of a long life of critical obser 
vation. 
As a work of reference it lias no equal in this country, 
and deserves a place in the library of every Pomolo 
gist in America, -MARSHALL P. WILDER. 
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