CONTENTS 



CHAPTER ' PAGE 



I. Where There is no Apple-Tree. . . 7 



II. The Apple-Tree in the Landscape . . 10 



III. The Buds on the Twigs .... 15 



IV. The Weeks Between the Flower and the 



Fruit 19 



V. The Brush Pile 27 



VI. The Pruning of the Apple-Tree ... 36 



VII. Maintaining the Health and Energy of the 



Apple-Tree 41 



VIII. How an Apple-Tree is Made ... 48 



IX. The Dwarf Apple-Tree .... 54 



X. Whence Comes the Apple-Tree ? . . 60 



XI. The Varieties of Apple .... 66 



XII. The Pleasant Art of Grafting ... 79 



XIII. The Mending of the Apple-Tree . . 85 



XIV. Citizens of the Apple-Tree .... 89 

 XV. The Apple-Tree Regions .... 97 



XVI. The Harvest of the Apple-Tree ... 102 



XVII. The Appraisal of the Apple-Tree . . 107 



