CONTENTS. 



FRUIT FARMING: PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC. 



KV (.ECIL H. HO(M'ER, F.S.I. 



Chapter I - 



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III. 



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XIII- 



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XY.- 



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XVII.- 



How and what to Learn to become a Fruit Farmer 



-Capital Required for Fruit Farming 



-On the Selection of a Farm for Fruit Growing 



-Arrangements between Landlord and Tenant as to Fruit 

 Planting in different Counties 



The Law in Eelation to Fruic Farms and JMarket Gardens, 



/)// A)ihreij J. Spencer, Bari-i^ter-at-Laa- 



-Soil, Site and Shelter for Fruit Plantations, by Erned J/. Bear 



•Soil Cultivation in Fruit Plantations, by Ernest J/ lUar 



The Setting-Out of Fruit Plantations and Orchaids 



The Field Cultivation of the Strawberry, by Cecil H. Hoope)- 

 and Ji'otrlaml King Siirifk 



The Field Cultivation of the Raspberry, by Cecil H. Hooper 

 and Ihaiand King Smith 



The Gooseberry, and Red and Black Currant 



The Commercial Cultivation of the Loganberry, by Geoffrey 



F. Hooper 

 The Apple 

 The Pear 



The Plum and Damson 

 Cherry Orchards 

 Cob and Filbert Nuts 



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