The Principles of Fruit-Growing (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Ford, Patrick

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440056951 ISBN 13 : 9781440056956

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master the essentials of growing fruit with a practical, widely respected guide. This foundational volume covers the entire scope of fruit culture, from choosing the best site and climate to laying out orchards and protecting crops from frost and pests. It blends solid science with actionable, field-tested steps you can apply in real-world farming or gardening settings.

Written to help both professionals and serious hobbyists, the book emphasizes thoughtful planning, sound soil and moisture management, careful pruning and planting, and systematic care of trees through their early years. It also includes practical guidance on spraying, disease and insect control, and keeping records to improve future harvests.

• Location, climate, and site selection for fruitful growth


• Soil preparation, tillage, moisture management, and fertilizer use


• Planting, staking, pruning, and laying out a productive orchard


• Disease and insect controls, spraying practices, and related precautions

Ideal for growers and students aiming to build a durable, informed approach to fruit production.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Fruit-GROWING and pomology are synonymous terms. They comprise the whole art of raising fruits and fruit-trees, and the applications of the various sciences thereto. It is impossible to define what it fruit is, in the sense in which the term is universally understood iu pomological writings. It is best delimited by giving a list of those products which are commonly known as fruits. If a definition were attempted of the use of the word in its pomological application, it would be approximately correct to say that a fruit is the edible product of a woody or a treo-lik© plant, - as of a tree, bush, or vino,-and which is intimately associated in its development with the flower. This conception of a fruit is wholly unlike the botanical idea, for the botanist defines the fruit to be the ripened pericarp and attachments. It should be said, however, that this confusion iu terminology is not the

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I; PJOS6; Introductory Discussion 1-36; INVENTORY OF FRUITS Orchard culture or tree-fruit cvl-itire - Pomaceous f ruits-Drupaceous or atone fruits-Citrous fruits-Moraceous fruits-Auonaceous fruits-Myrtaceoua fruits-Sapotaceous fruits-Anacardiaceous fruits-Eben-aceous fruits-Leguminous fruits-Nut-fruits-Polmaccous truits -Miscellaneous tree-fruits- Vine-fruit culture-Viticulture- Pas si floraccous fruits - Small-fruit culture-Itu-baceous fruits-Kibaceous fruits-MiBeellaheoua bush-fruits -Strawberry culture- Crouherry culture-Xon-teoody or herb-like fruits - Musaccous fruits-Pineapple-Cactaceous fruits-Miscellaneous herb-like fruits 2-7; Tutc GEOftKAi'HY OF 7RUIT-0BOW1N0 Tbe temperature determinant-The moisture determinant-The soil determinant-The parasite determinant7-23; The cocrse or evolution or a fruit-region 26-27; The outlook for fruit-growing The two factors concerned-Farmers do not becomo rich-Always a demand for tho nnlikc-Choice of business is a matter of taste and capital-Farmer must master

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440056951
• ISBN 13: 9781440056956
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 528
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