Fruit Crops. Principles and Practiced of Orchard and Small Fruit Culture.

Original red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. 6 X 9 1/2 inches. 345 pages which includes 5 pages of index. Copy has 112 black and white photographs and illustrations. Chapter topics include, fruit growing as an occupation, fruit introduction and improvement, propagation-part 1, propagation-part II, soils, locations and plantings, irrigation and drainage, soil management and fertilization, pollination and fruit thinning, pruning deciduous fruit trees, insects of fruit crops. diseases of fruit crops, spraying and dusting, the pome fruit, the stone fruit, grape culture, strawberry culture, cane and bush fruit culture, nut culture, harvesting, grading and packing and marketing fruit. Light scuffing on both covers. Corners lightly bumped. Pages are very clean and complete. Binding is tight.