CHAPTER XII 



FRUIT-GROWING 



Classification of fruits. 

 Soils for fruits. 

 Air drainage in fruit-culture. 

 Pruning of fruit-trees. 



Need for pruning. 



Winter and summer pruning. 



Tools used for pruning. 



How to remove a branch. 

 Spraying of fruit-trees. 



Materials used for spraying. 



Equipment for spraying. 



Spray schedules. 

 Cultural methods. 



Time for planting. 



Distances for planting. 



Systems of planting. 



Trimming the nursery trees. 



Preparation of the soil. 



Clean cultivation and sod culture. 

 Harvesting of fruit. 

 Pests of fruit plants. 



San Jose" scale, codlin-moth, apple-tree tent-caterpillar, plant- 

 lice, leaf blister-mite, bud-moth, plum curculio, borers, 

 apple-scab, bitter-rot, brown-rot, apple-blotch. 



THE growing of fruit is for two purposes : to produce a supply 

 for home use, and to obtain revenue from a product grown for 

 market. There are so many species of fruit plants, and so 

 many varieties of each fruit, that the home-maker has almost 

 endless choice. The entire year can be covered in many parts 

 of the country, from the last winter apple to the strawberry 

 and other small-fruits, cherries, apricots, grapes, peaches, plums, 

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