THE

NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST,

OR

AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST

VALUABLE VARIETIES OF FRUIT,

OF ALL CLIMATES,

ADAPTED TO CULTIVATION

IN

THE UNITED STATES,

WITH THEIR HISTORY, MODES OF CULTURE, MANAGEMENT,

USES, &c.

AND

THE CULTURE OF SILK.

WITH AN APPENDIX ON

VEGETABLES,

ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS AND FLOWERS,

BY WILLIAM KENRICK.

SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED AND IMPROVED.

BOSTON:

RUSSELL, ODIORNE, AND METCALF.

1835.

Agr 506,10

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

1859. Nov. 10.

Menry

cereft of 4, Benny, Ery of Boston, (class of '52)

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1835,

BY WILLIAM KENRICK,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

TUTTLE AND WEEKS, PRINTERS.

TO THE HON. JOHN LOWELL, LL. D.

SIR,

I AM happy in being enabled to inscribe this work to a gentleman, whose name is so intimately associated with all the great improvements connected with Agriculture and Horticulture, during the last quarter of a century. The many valuable productions, the donations from Mr Knight, and from other sources, by you so extensively disseminated; your disinterested and distinguished zeal, to encourage and enlighten in all useful pursuits, and especially those to which this work is principally devoted, are not only highly appreciated by cotemporaries, but posterity will know and acknowledge their value.

Please to accept this dedication, not only as an acknowledgement of the many favors received, but as an expression of my high estimation of your manifold and successful efforts in all that concerns the best interests of our country.

With the highest respect and esteem,

Your obedient servant,

WILLIAM KENRICK.