1936 The Cornell Reading-Courses 



The advanced reading-course in fruit growing offers to fruit growers 

 up-to-date information on successful orchard practices and marketing 

 problems. Some of the subjects covered in the course are: selecting 

 varieties, orchard culture, fertilizers, cover crops, priming, orchard insects, 

 diseases of finut trees, spraying, renovating old orchards, picking and 

 handling fruit, storing fruit, grading and packing, marketing, and adver- 

 tizing. The course is composed of tw^enty-two lessons. The student is 

 encouraged to cany forward his work in the light of his own experience, 

 and to make the connection between text and orchard as intimate as 

 possible. The following is an outline of the nature and the requirements 

 of the work given in this courvSe. The chapters in the textbook are studied 

 consecutively, one at a time. The student's purpose should l)e to study, 

 and not merely to read; therefore each chapter shoidd receive consider- 

 able time and thought. The best results will be obtained by setting aside 

 a definite time each day for the work. After making a careftd study of 

 each chapter, clear and concise answers should be made to the questions 

 on it without referring to the text. In general, it is expected that the 

 course will be completed within six months. The student should do the 

 work regularly, covering at least one chapter every week, for by so doing 

 the interest in the course will not drag and better results will be obtained. 



The advanced reading-course in vegetable gardening is conducted 

 similarly to the course in fruit growing. Additional references to books 

 and periodicals, to which the reader may have access, are suggested, and 

 supplementary reading is encouraged. A list of free bulletins and direc- 

 tions for obtaining them is furnished. Every effort is made to help the 

 student make application of his studies to his local problems. This course 

 is composed of sixty lessons, forty of which offer brief, complete discus- 

 sions on as many different vegetables, making the coiirse especially thor- 

 ough and practical. Although the problems of vegetable gardening are 

 discussed from a commercial standpoint, the home gardener may easily 

 adapt the information to his needs. 



An}^ resident of New York State who desires to enroll in the advanced 

 reading-courses in either fioiit growing or vegetable gardening, or wishes 

 to receive infonnation later on the advanced reading-course in poultry 

 htisbandry, should write to the Supervisor of the Reading-Course for 

 the Farm, College of Agriculture, Ithaca, New York. 



