THE AMERICAN ORCHARDIST ; OR A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF APPLE AND OTHER FRUIT TREES, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES TO WHICH THEY ARE LIABLE, AND THEIR REMEDIES. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE MOST APPROVED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AND PRESERVING CIDER. COMPILED FROM THE LATEST AND MOST APPROVED AUTHORITIES, AND ADAPTED TO THE USE OF AMERICAN FARMERS. BY JAMES THACHER, M. D. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Massachusetts Medical Society, &c. &c. "Nature, in her teaching, speaks in very intelligible language, and that language is con veyed by experience and observation." 51225 Dis 11, 1961 Plac DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT: DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE. BE it remembered, That on the third day of January, A. D. 1822, and in the forty-sixth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Joseph W. Ingraham, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: "The American Orchardist; or a practical treatise on the culture and management of apple and other fruit trees, with observations on the diseases to which they are liable, and their remedies. To which is added the most approved method of manufacturing and preserving cider. Compiled from the latest and most approved authorities, and adapted to the use of American farmers. By James Thacher, M. D. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of the Massachusetts Medical Society, &c. &c. Nature in her teaching, speaks in very intelligible language, and that language is conveyed by experience and observation." " In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an act, entitled "An act supplementary to an act, entitled, An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of Designing, Engraving, and Etching, Historical, and other Prints." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. 1 TO THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE MASSACHU, SETTS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. GENTLEMEN, PRESUMING upon your acquiescence, I introduce to your notice this little practical treatise upon one of the most interesting and pleasing branches pertaining to the science of agriculture. The utility of a cheap publication of this kind, for the information and encouragement of our farmers, is unquestionable. If this humble attempt should meet your approbation, and be found to possess a degree of merit calculated to co-operate with your zealous efforts to promote agricultural pursuits and improvements in our country, a knowledge of your character is an ample pledge that you will not withhold your patronage and favour. If, however, it shall appear that I have subjected myself to the accusation of having stepped beyond the limits, within which my actual knowledge should be confined, then will a consciousness of laudable motives, of assiduity and fidelity in the collection of experimental facts, remain as my only consolation. I am not unapprized of the almost invincible prejudice, which prevails among our farmers, against what they term "book-farming," "bookknowledge," &c. &c.; and the anecdote is fresh in my memory, of an honest farmer, who, on being inquired of Why his neigh |