Overview

This antiquarian book contains a simple yet comprehensive guide to pruning trees in an apple orchard, with information on common problems and pitfalls, tools and their correct use, pruning trees of different shapes and sizes, and much more. Complete with concise, useful information and a plethora of handy tips, this guide is ideal for orchard owners, and will make for a great addition to collections of allied literature.

Chapters

The chapters of this book include: “The Final Pruning”, “Branches Must Not Be Crowded”, “Pruning”, “High Heads Versus Low Heads”, “A High-Headed Tree”, “The Framework”, “The Second Stage”, “The Fruiting Stage”, “Old Years”, “The Time to Prune”, “Painting Wounds”, and more.

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