CONTENTS. 



PASB 



Preface ix 



Preface to the Second Revision xiii 



Abbreviations and Books Quoted xvii 



CHAPTER I. 



The Production op New Varieties op Fruit 1 



The Van Mons Theory 5 



Cross-Breeding. 7 



CHAPTER 11. 

 Remarks on the Duration of the Varieties of Fruit-Trees 10 



CHAPTER III. 



Propagation op Varieties, Grafting, Budding, Cuttings, Layers, 



and SUCKERa 16 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Pruning 33 



CHAPTER V. 

 Training 38 



CHAPTER VI. 

 Transplanting 45 



CHAPTER VII. 

 The Position of Fruit-Trees — SorL and Aspect 51 



CHAPTER Vin. 

 General REM.'i.RKs on Insects , 64 



