CONTENTS 



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EDITOR'S NOTE . 



THE CULTURE OF THE APPLE . . . . i 



INTRODUCTORY . . . i 



FORMS OF TREES . ' 5 



PLANTING ... .10 



PRUNING ... 2 3 



SITUATION ..... 2 ^ 



SOIL ..... 3 1 



SUMMER TREATMENT . . . 3 Z 



GATI ERING AND STORING THE FRUIT . . . -35 



ROOT PRUNING ...... 44 



INSECT PESTS ...... 47 



VARIETIES . . . 53 



LISTS ..... 63 



DESSERT VARIETIES . -63 



COOKING VARIETIES . . . .69 



SELECTION OF TWENTY-FOUR DESSERT APPLES . . 75 



SELECTION OF TWELVE DESSERT APPLES . . -75 



SELECTION OF TWELVE KITCHEN APPLES . . -75 



SOME RECENT VALUABLE APPLES . . -75 



PROPAGATION ....... 76 



CONCERNING APPLES . . . . . .81 



THE COOKERY OF APPLES . . . . . .85 



CONCERNING CIDER . . . . . .98 



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