CONTENTS 



VOLUME III 

 SECTION XV. COMMERCIAL FRUIT GROWING 



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1. INTRODUCTORY - 1 



2. SITE FOR A FRUIT GARDEN - 3 



3. RENT, RATES, AND TAXES - 6 



4. THE CONDITIONS OF THE HOLDING - - 8 



5. PREPARATION OF THE LAND FOR FRUIT TREES - - 15 



SECTION XVI. FRUIT GROWING IN WORCESTERSHIRE 



The Plum Apples Pears Gooseberries Strawberries Raspberries 



Loganberries Fruit Growing in the Valley of the Teme - - 27 



SECTION XVII. COMMERCIAL FRUIT GROWING IN 

 SCOTLAND 



Fruit Districts Lanarkshire Perthshire Essendy Aly th Coupar- 

 Angus Auchterarder Overproduction Conjunction of Indus- 

 tries - - 33 



SECTION XVIII. FRUIT GROWING IN IRELAND 



Sir Frederick Moore on Fruit Growing in Ireland - 41 



SECTION XIX. DISEASES OF FRUIT CAUSED BY 

 FUNGI; &c. 



1. GENERAL - - 46 



2. FUNGICIDES AND SPRAYING. Bordeaux Mixture Self-boiled Lime- 

 sulphur Mixture Sulphide of Potassium Solution Winter 

 Spraying Gumming - - 49 



3. SMUDGING - - 52 



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