This book is a complete guide to fruit cultivation, with information on the cultivation of all kinds of hardy fruits in garden and orchard, including planting, pruning, training and propagation, selections of varieties, and descriptions of insect and fungoid pests. Easy-to-digest and profusely illustrated, this fantastic handbook is highly recommended for green-fingered readers, and is not to be missed by the discerning collector. Contents include: ¿The Apple¿, ¿History¿, ¿Soils¿, ¿Propagation¿, ¿planting¿, ¿Pruning¿, ¿Modes of Training¿, ¿Storing Fruit¿, ¿Varieties¿, ¿The Apricot¿, ¿The Barberry¿, ¿The Bilberry¿, ¿The Blackberry¿, ¿The Bullace and Damson¿, ¿The Cherry¿, ¿The Crab¿, ¿The Cranberry¿, ¿The Fig¿, ¿The Gooseberry¿, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.