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Fruit Growing studies fruits, including its characterization and kinds; essential agricultural, horticultural, and silvicultural practices; and consumption. This book first qualifies what fruit is and then discusses some fruits such as berries and bush fruits. Various practices in growing, maintaini...

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Main Authors: Dixon, R. T
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Pergamon Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford, England :
Publication Dates: 1966.
©1966
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The Commonwealth and International Library : Rural and Environmental Studies Division
Subjects:
Fruit-culture
GARDENING > Fruit
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080117669
Summary: Fruit Growing studies fruits, including its characterization and kinds; essential agricultural, horticultural, and silvicultural practices; and consumption. This book first qualifies what fruit is and then discusses some fruits such as berries and bush fruits. Various practices in growing, maintaining, and harvesting fruits are then examined, including cutting, layering, pruning, stooling, grafting, and pruning. How to plan and maintain a fruit garden is also explained. The latter part concerns itself with fruit storage, preparation, and record keeping. This text is a very helpful guide for
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (128 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN: 9781483180984
1483180980
Index Number: SB355
CLC: S66
Contents: Front Cover; Fruit Growing; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. What Is a Fruit?; Chapter 2. The Fruits We Grow; Chapter 3. Strawberries; Chapter 4. Raspberries; Chapter 5. Blackberries; Chapter 6. The Bush Fruits-Blackcurrants; BLACKCURRANTS; Chapter 7. The Bush Fruits-Redcurrants and Whitecurronts; Chapter 8. Gooseberries; Chapter 9. Cuttings; TYPES; Chapter 10. Enemies of Soft Fruits; Chapter 11. Controlling Tree Growth; Chapter 12. Some Rootstocks; PEARS; PLUMS; CHERRIES; Chapter 13. Stooling; STOOLING (see Fig. 16); Chapter 14. Layering; LAYERING (see Fig. 17).
Chapter 15. Forms of Trees and BushesChapter 16. The Restricted Shapes; 17. How to Bud a Fruit Tree; REQUIRED; LATER TREATMENT; 18. Grafting; FITTING; 19. Relation of Rootstock and Scion; 20. An Introduction to Pruning; PRUNING FRUIT TREES; Chapter 21. Starting Aright: Shaping a Bush Apple Tree; Chapter22. Pruning for Fruit; Chapter23. Manuring Fruit Trees and Bushes (I); Chapter24. Manuring Fruit Trees and Bushes (2); Chapter25. Rogues and Suckers; Chapter26. More Enemies; CONTROLS; Chapter27. Friends in Deed; Chapter28. A Crop Begins; Chapter29. Diseases of Fruit Trees.
Chapter 30. Apple and Pear ScabChapter 31. Planting and Staking; Chapter 32. The Top and Bottom of It; Chapter 33. Planning a Fruit Garden; Chapter 34. Storing Apples and Pears; Chapter 35. Shapes and Sizes; Chapter 36. Cooking Trials; Chapter 37. Keeping Records; OTHER LIBRARY TITLES OF INTEREST.

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