The design of this book is to furnish the Canadian cultivator with a reliable guide in all matters relating to the cultivation of fruit, flowers and vegetables in our climate. It is the result of many years of experience and careful observation, in which the fruits that can be most generally grown in Canada have been the subject of special study. Many hundreds of varieties of the several kinds of fruits have been actually grown by the writer, and their value for cultivation in our climate thoroughly studied and tested. To this has been added the valuable information derived from a widespread correspondence with horticulturists in different parts of the Provinces, thus putting the writer in possession of the experience of others, in the several departments of horticulture, throughout the Dominion. Hitherto there has been no work devoted to these subjects which has been written by a Canadian, embodying his own actual experience and obser vation in these matters, and which Canadians could rely upon as adapted to their own peculiar necessities, and consult in all these interests of the fruit, flower and vegetable garden, with confidence, as embodying the experience of a practical man in these departments, who knows their peculiar position and wants from personal participation in their difficulties. In the hope of meeting these wants, and of helping some of my countrymen in their horticultural labors, these pages have been written, and are now offered to all who love good fruit, pretty flowers, and choice vegetables. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.