Introduction

This vintage volume contains a guide to growing peaches and nectarines under glass, with information on selecting varieties, common problems, pruning, training, and more. Complete with simple, step-by-step instructions and a plethora of helpful illustrations, this is a guide that will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in growing fruit at home, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature.

Chapters

The chapters of this book include: Peach-House for Early Forcing; Peach-House when Ripe Peaches are Not Required Before July; Drainage, Depth, and Width of Border; Soil; Varieties for Early Forcing; Nectarines for Early Forcing; Late Nectarines; Propagation and Selection of Trees and more.

We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a new prefatory introduction on growing fruit.