Excerpt from Prince's Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubbery, Vines and Plants, 1845 and 1846: Cultivated and for Sale at the Great Original Establishment, Prince's Linnæan Botanic Garden and Nurseries, Flushing, Long Island, Near New-York In the arrangement of the present Catalogue we have made free. Use of the knowledge and information we possess as to the qualities of the respective fruits, and we have instituted such a discrimination as cannot fail. To be of immense importance to all cultivators who are solicitous of making judicious selections. In order that the benefits resulting from the present advanced stage of Pomological knowledge may be generally diffused, the utmost pains have been taken to comprise in our Catalogues, ample descriptions of the respective varieties of Fruits, &c., and it Will be perceived at a glance, that no Similar publication has ever ap peered, that can bear any comparison in point of extent and accuracy With the present edition in this respect. These descriptions have been mostly derived from an inspection of the fruits in the extensive specimen grounds of this establishment, and the young trees in the Nurseries connected therewith are propagated from. The same specimen trees from which the descriptions were made. The valuable Catalogue of the London Horticultural Society has furnished collateral aid, and to our estimable friend, the late Robert Manning, and to Judge George Hoadley, Messrs. William Kenr'ick, Andrew Lackey Junior, S. C. Hildreth, and others, we are also indebted for an exchange of information. 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.