Traditional Orcharding: Practical Methods for Growing and Marketing Fruit

Fred C Sears

ISBN 10: 1592280021 / ISBN 13: 9781592280025

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Traditional Orcharding: Practical Methods for Growing and Marketing Fruit by Fred C Sears. Published by Lyons Press, Guilford, CT, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Paperback. No DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. 315 Pgs. ISBN 1592280021. The authoritative guide to orcharding, complete with over 150 illustrations. Anyone interested in simply growing fruit in the backyard or running a large commercial orchard will find this an invaluable handbook. Originally published in 1914 as a textbook for students of agriculture, this guide contains valuable advice, from choosing the heaviest yielding varieties to pruning for maximum productivity. The author has discarded inadequate methods maintaining fruit trees and included only those that have stood the test of time. Description text copyright 2017 BooksForComfort. Item ID 32161.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Traditional Orcharding: Practical Methods for Growing and Marketing Fruit
• ISBN 10: 1592280021
• ISBN 13: 9781592280025
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Printing: 1st printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Every reader, whether interested in growing fruit in the backyard or running a large commercial orchard, will find TRADITIONAL ORCHARDING an invaluable handbook. Originally published in 1914 as a textbook for students of agriculture, this authoritative guide contains valuable advice, from choosing the heaviest yielding varieties to pruning for maximum productivity. Along with 157 practical and historical illustrations, Sears has carefully sifted and discarded inadequate methods and included only those that are tried and true. TRADITIONAL ORCHARDING is an essential guide for both the hobbyist and the expert grower.

About the Author

FRED C. SEARS was Professor of Pomology at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst, Massachusetts.

KARY C. DAVIS, PH.D. was Professor of Agriculture at the School of Country Life, George Peabody College for Teachers, in Nashville, Tennessee.