Fruits and Vegetables 

 Under Glass 



By WILLIAM TURNER 



Who has been associated a lifetime with the raising of fruits and 

 vegetables under glass and is the best known expert on the subject 



A complete and exhaustive work and up-to-date in every 

 particular. 



The scope and character of the book may be gleaned by 

 enumerating the chapters contained in the first section of the 

 book devoted to Fruits under Glass and taking up the subject 

 of Grapes: 



History of the Grape vine Houses best adapted for growing 

 Grapes The various systems of propagation Vine borders 

 Cultural directions Planting yoiing vines Methods of pruning 

 the vine Disbudding, pinching or stopping the shoots, setting 

 the fruit Grape thinning Commercial Grape Culture Varieties 

 of Grapes best adapted for early and late use Insects and 

 diseases Keeping qualities of Grapes Storing, packing, exhibi- 

 tion Grape vines cultivated in pots. 



Other fruit chapters given in detail : Peaches and Nectarines 

 Pot fruit culture and its advantages (under which are listed 

 Apples, Apricots, Cherries, Pears, Plums, etc.) Fig culture in a 

 separate house Melon-growing in the house Strawberries as 

 pot fruit The hothouse Pineapple. 



Ten chapters are devoted to vegetables under glass, and 

 specific instructions are given touching on questions of Sowing 

 the Seed, Soil, Watering, Ventilation, Training, Pruning, Insects, 

 Diseases, Feeding, Style of House, Fertilizer, Temperature, 

 Varieties, etc. 



w Printed on fine coated paper in clear type, containing 

 65 splendid halftone illustrations. Handsomely bound 

 in cloth with embossed cover. 256 pages. Size, 

 7% x 10 J4 in. Price, delivery postpaid $3.65 



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