CONTENTS 



CHAPTER VII 



FRUIT GROWING 130 



Equipment Required; Fruit Growing as a Business; 

 Best Soil for the Apple ; Selection and Arrangement of 

 Trees; Cultivation; A Cover Crop; Cost of an Apple 

 Orchard; Apple Trees in Turf; Renovating Old Trees; 

 Pruning Fruit Trees; Varieties; Harvesting the Apple 

 Crop; Insect Pests; Dwarf Apples. 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE PEARS, PEACHES, QUINCES, PLUMS, APRICOTS AND 



NECTARINES 156 



The Pear: Kinds of Trees; Renovating Old Trees; 

 Varieties; Harvesting the Fruit; Insects Injurious to 

 the Pear; Fungous Pests. The Peach: Pruning for 

 Planting; Marketing Peaches; Varieties of the Peach; 

 Insects Injurious to the Peach; Fungous Pests. The 

 Quince: Selection of Quince Trees; Marketing 

 Quinces; Insects and Diseases. The Plum: Fungous 

 Diseases of the Plum; Varieties; Marketing Plums. 

 The Apricot: Varieties; Cultivation. The Nectarine: 

 Cultivation; Varieties. The Cherry: Cultivation; 

 Varieties; Marketing; Insect and Fungous Pests. 



CHAPTER IX 



THE GRAPE 182 



Propagation; Pruning; Cultivation and Fertilization; 

 Varieties; Marketing; Girdling; Insect and Fungous 

 Pests. 



CHAPTER X 



THE BUSH FRUITS 198 



Propagation of the Raspberry and the Blackberry; Cul- 

 tivation; Insects and Diseases; Varieties. The Cur- 

 rant: Propagation and Cultivation; Varieties; Insect 

 and Fungous Pests. The Gooseberry: Cultivation; 

 Varieties. The Strawberry: Methods of Planting; 

 Winter Protection; Harvesting the Fruit; Varieties; 

 Insect and Fungous Pests. 



