CONTENTS. 



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CHAP. I. GENERAL PKOSPKCTS OF CULTURE FOR PROFIT . 1 

 II. SELECTION OF SOIL AND SITUATION ... 10 



,, III. PREPARATION OF GROUND 23 



IV. -WHAT TO PLANT . . ... . . .28 



V. PLANTING 40 



VI. PRUNING . . . . . " . . . .55 

 VII. COST AND RETURNS PER ACRE . . . .62 



VIII. EENOVATING OLD ORCHARDS 66 



IX. GATHERING, PACKING, AND DISTRIBUTING . . 73 



X. STORING, PRESERVING, ETC 82 



XI. GRAFTING, BUDDING, AND STOCKS .... 97 



PART II. 

 FOR PRIVATE GROWERS. 



CHAP. XII. POSITION OF KITCHEN GARDEN PREPARATION OF 



SOIL 109 



XIII. ARRANGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF WALLS 



AND FENCES 112 



XIV. ASPECTS, POSITIONS, AND VARIETIES . . . 117 



XV. PRUNING, TRAINING, AND GENERAL CULTIVATION 125 



XVI. GATHERING AND STORING 140 



