Excerpt from Abridged Descriptive Catalogue of New, Hardy, and Desirable Fruits Among Apples, quite a list can now be presented, covering the season from early to late, of good flavored, showy fruit; the trees of which will withstand even the severest Winters, without injury. These iron-clads (partly of Russian origin), are constantly gaining favor among planters, and are continually in increasing demand. Likewise, among Pears, comparative freedom from frost and blight are stamping some varieties as of much greater desirability. 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.