The author ran a nursery in Chelsea, Massachusetts and was the owner and editor of the Yankee Farmer. It contains a great number of engravings of fruit, trees, insects and methods of grafting, budding and training. He describes many varieties of apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries, grapes, small fruits, etc., with a brief description of wine making.

The author ran a nursery in Chelsea, Massachusetts and was the owner and editor of the Yankee Farmer. It contains a great number of engravings of fruit, trees, insects and methods of grafting, budding and training. He describes many varieties of apples, peaches, pears, plums, cherries, grapes, small fruits, etc., with a brief description of wine making.

Franklin Elliott's 1859 work is a comprehensive source of information on the varieties of fruit available for culture in the United States in the mid-19th century and how they were cultivated.