﻿MODERN 
  FRUIT 
  SCIENCE 
  

  

  Best 
  Book 
  on 
  Fruit 
  Growing 
  

   by 
  

  

  Norman 
  F. 
  Childers 
  

   Rutgers 
  University, 
  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  Book 
  No. 
  1. 
  Over 
  900 
  pages, 
  5th 
  Edition, 
  sold 
  over 
  25,000 
  

   copies. 
  Most 
  up-to-date, 
  complete, 
  international 
  book 
  

   available 
  on 
  growing 
  of 
  deciduous 
  tree 
  fruits, 
  nuts, 
  grapes 
  

   and 
  small 
  fruits. 
  Practical, 
  easy-to-read, 
  extremely 
  well 
  

   illustrated. 
  

  

  CHAPTERS: 
  

  

  L 
  

  

  Introduction 
  

  

  XIII. 
  

  

  Pears, 
  Quinces 
  

  

  II. 
  

  

  Regions, 
  Production, 
  

  

  XIV. 
  

  

  Peach 
  Culture 
  

  

  

  Varieties 
  

  

  XV. 
  

  

  Plum 
  Culture 
  

  

  III. 
  

  

  Planting 
  Tree 
  Fruits 
  

  

  XVI. 
  

  

  Cherry 
  Culture 
  

  

  IV. 
  

  

  Pruning 
  

  

  XVII. 
  

  

  Nuts, 
  Minor 
  Tree 
  

  

  V. 
  

  

  Soil 
  Management 
  

  

  

  Crops 
  

  

  VI. 
  

  

  Flowering, 
  Fruit 
  Set 
  

  

  XVIII. 
  

  

  Disease, 
  Insect 
  

  

  VII. 
  

  

  Thinning 
  Fruits 
  

  

  

  Control 
  

  

  VIII. 
  

  

  Propagation, 
  Graft- 
  

  

  XIX. 
  

  

  Frost 
  Control, 
  

  

  

  ing 
  

  

  

  Irrigation 
  

  

  IX. 
  

  

  Freezing 
  Fruit 
  

  

  XX. 
  

  

  Grape 
  Culture 
  

  

  

  Tissues 
  

  

  XXI. 
  

  

  Strawberry 
  Culture 
  

  

  X. 
  

  

  Harvesting, 
  Packing, 
  

  

  XXII. 
  

  

  Bush 
  Berry 
  Cul- 
  

  

  

  Processing 
  

  

  

  ture 
  

  

  XI. 
  

  

  Storing 
  Fruit 
  

  

  

  Appendix 
  (Exten- 
  

  

  XII. 
  

  

  Marketing 
  Fruit 
  

  

  

  sive) 
  

  

  

  

  

  Index 
  

  

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