Modern Fruit Science: Orchard and Small Fruit Culture

xviii, 969 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations. CONTENTS: Introduction; Apple Regions, Production, and Varieties; Establishing the Fruit Planting; Pruning Apple Trees; Soil Management for Apples; Flower-Bud Formation, Pollination, and Fruit Set in the Apple; Thinning Apple Fruits and Alternate Bearing; Grafting and Budding Trees; Freezing Injury to Apples; Harvesting, Packing and Processing Apples; Storing Apples; Pear and Quince Culture; Peach, Nectarine, Apricot, and Almond; Culture of Plums; Cherry Culture; Edible Nuts, Minor Tree Crops; Control of Insects and Diseases; Frost and Drouth Control; Grape Growing; Strawberry Growing; Bush Berry Culture; Some Home Fruit Garden Tips; Appendix; Index.