CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. The New Dispensation ..... i 



II. Old Primitive Orchards .... 4 



III. How I Discovered Close Root-pruning . . 9 



IV. Close Root-pruning 14 



V. Right and Wrong Close Root-pruning . . 24 



VI. Best Time and Depth to Plant ... 27 



VII. Deep Preparation Wrong . . . .30 



VIII. Cultivation 35 



IX. Growing Trees from Bearing Ones . . 44 



X. Winter Budding ...... 49 



XI. Grafting 52 



XII. Why Trees in Bottoms Never Drown . 54 



XIII. Grapes 58 



XIV. The Apple . 63 



XV. The Pear 67 



XVI. The Plum 70 



XVII. The Peach 75 



XVIII. Apricots, Figs, Japan Persimmons and Nuts 77 



XIX. The Strawberry and Other Berries . . 80 



XX. A Review 87 



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