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CONTENTS. 



Chapter. Page. 



Introductory Remarks 1 



I. Choice of Situation Soil Shelter 11 



II. Cultivation and Manuring 16 



III. Setting-out and Planting 23 



IV. Pruning in Commercial Fruit Culture 34 



V. Apples Table and Kitchen 56 



VI. ,, For Profit R.H.S. Paper 67 



VII. Plums, Damsons and Bullaces 74 



VIII. Pears 79 



IX. Cherries 83 



X. Walnuts and Chestnuts 87 



XI. Gooseberries 88 



XII. Red and Black Currants 91 



XIII. Kent Cob Nuts and Filberts 93 



XIV. Strawberries and R.H.S. Paper 95 



XV. Rhubarb 107 



XVI. Raspberries 108 



XVII. Extra Fruits Grapes, Peaches, Figs, etc 110 



XVIII. Purchase of Trees, and Propagation 117 



XIX. Prices of Trees, Bushes, and Plants 122 



XX. Packing for Market 126 



XXI. Gathering and Storing 136 



XXII. Profits and Expenses 140 



XXIII. Insects, Diseases, and Enemies 148 



XXIV. Future of Fruit Growing and Market Weights 180 



XXV. Labelling and Fruit Naming 196 



XXVI. The R.H.S. Fruit Conference & Lord Onslow's Committee. 198 



XXVII. Summary of Year's Work 202 



Appendix 218 



Supplement 222 



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