MODERN FRUIT SCIENCE 



Best Book on Fruit Growing 



by 



Norman F. Chiiders 



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: 







I. 



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 



MODERN FRUIT SCIENCE was first published in 

 1949 and for over 20 years has been used by thousands of 

 students, researchers, growers and home gardeners. The 

 book has answers to nearly all problems and questions 

 that arise, right up-to-date not only for this hemisphere 

 but the world. The author has travelled widely and 

 taught, researched at Cornell, Ohio State, Puerto Rico 

 and Rutgers Universities and experiment stations. 



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Book No. 2. FRUIT NUTRITION— Temperate to 

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 illustrated. 24 chapters by 34 authorities and edited by 

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Book No. 4. BLUEBERRY CULTURE. 400 pp. By 

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CHERRIES — APRICOTS 

 on ''BUSHES" 



SMALL - EASY TO CARE FOR - 

 PRODUCTIVE 



SCARLET GEM (3534) Popular "Nanking Cherry" grows 

 on bushes to 8 ft. tall. They are covered with a wealth of 

 white flowers every spring, followed by large crops of 

 pretty, scarlet red cherries each summer, almost as big as 

 Montmorency. Cherries are good for eating, canning, 

 baking. Hardy almost everywhere. Begins to bear the 

 next year after planting. Remember . . . Scarlet Gem is a 

 fine, almost carefree landscape shrub, too. Heavy No. 1 

 plants. 



$2.98 each; 3 for $7.95; 10 for $19.95 



BLACK VELVET (3533) Often known as "Improved 

 Hansen's", this lovely small plant which grows only 

 4-5 ft. tall produces bucket after bucket of large, mouth- 

 watering black cherries that make delicious eating fresh 

 fruit or tasty cooked desserts. Grow almost anywhere and 

 produce fruit in the first year after planting. Set 5 ft. 

 apart for lovely landscape design and heavy yields of 

 tempting fruit. Heavy No. 1 Plants. 



$2.50 each; 3 for $6.50; 10 for $16.00 



SUB-ZERO APRICOT (2535) P. armeniaca. A bush-like 

 apricot plant that is exceptionally hardy — even to —10 

 degrees and lower. Grows to about 10 ft. at maturity and 

 produces pretty white flowers at bloom. Large, juicy 

 golden yellow apricots are borne in profusion on low, easy 

 to reach, limbs. Bears very young, needs little space and 

 almost care-free. Pretty, glossy-green foliage lasts all 

 summer to add to its beauty. Plants 8-10 ft. apart. 

 $2.25 each; 3 for $5.75; 10 for $15.00 



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