Guide to Growing Apples with Information on Root-Stocks, Varieties, Cross-Pollination, Pruning, Thinning, Pests and Diseases

Introduction to Fruit Growing

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to growing apple trees, and includes information on soil, tree forms, rootstocks, pests, varieties, and much more. This detailed yet easy-to-digest guide is profusely illustrated, and contains all the information anyone looking to grow apple trees would need to know.

Although old, the information contained herein is timeless, making this both a handy resource and a great addition to collections of vintage literature.

Chapters

Introduction to Fruit Growing

The Apple

Origin and History

Soil and Aspect

Form of Tree

Rootstocks for Apples

Pruning of Apples

Insect Pests of the Apple

Selection of Rootstocks

Functional Diseases

Varieties of Apple

Descriptive Notes on Varieties

etcetera.

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