CONTENT S, 



INTRODUCTION Page 9 



CHAPTER I. 

 Propagating Apple-trees. Grafting and Budding 19 



CHAPTER II. 

 Proper Preparation of the Soil for Orchards * 56 



CHAPTER III. 

 Laying Out the Ground for an Orchard 70 



CHAPTER IV. 



Removing and Transplanting both Old and Young Trees 84 



CHAPTER V. 



Pruning and Training in the most successful Manner Ill 



CHAPTER VI. 

 General Management of Orchards. Renovating old Orchards 144 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Failure of Orchards, and the practicable Remedy 194 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Exterminating noxious Insects, and proper protection of Orchards 

 from Animals 227 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Gathering and Management of Apples 283 



CHAPTER X. 



General Principles of Pomology, and a Pomological Glossary 317 



