CONTENTS 



PAGE. 



Introduction... ... ... ... ... 1 



Valuable Tables ... ... ... ... ... 2 



The Horticultural Past ... ... ... ... 3 



Revival of Interest in Horticulture ... ... ... 7 



Botanic Gardens ... ... ... ,.. ... 9 



Prospects of Building up an African Fruit Trade ... 10 



Dried Fruit ... .. ... ... ... ... 13 



Canning ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 



Stocks ... ... .. ... ... 17 



Remedy after getting Wrong Sorts planted or Varieties 



planted on Wrong Roots ... ... ... 21 



Orchard Irrigation ... ... ... ... ... 22 



Manuring Orchards ... ... ... ... ... 27 



Orchard Cultivation ... ... ... ... ... 28 



Orchard Improvement ... ... ... ... 29 



What to do with your Old Orchards ... ... ... 32 



A Basis on which Farmers can decide whether to add 



Fruit growing to their other sources of income ... 33 



The initial difficulties of establishing Orchards in S. Africa 33 

 The general treatment at Planting and during first season's 



growth of a young Orchard ... ... ... 35 



General Remarks on Pruning ... ... ... ... 39 



Reported tendency of Farmers, to now neglect Pruning ... 41 



The Pruning of young deciduous Trees the year after 



planting ... ... ... ... ... 43 



Note ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 



The Apple ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 



The Pear ... ... ... ... ... 45 



The Peach ... ... ... ... ... 45 



The Apricot ... ... ... ... ... ... 47 



The Plum (including all Prunes)' ... ... ... 48 



Spraying ... ... ... ... ... 49 



Insect Pests ... ... ... ... ... 53 



96755 



