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Fruit Growing studies fruits, including its characterization and kinds; essential agricultural, horticultural, and silvicultural practices; and consumption. This book first qualifies what fruit is and then discusses some fruits such as berries and bush fruits. Various practices in growing, maintaini...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dixon, R. T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, England : Pergamon Press, 1966.
Colección:The Commonwealth and International Library : Rural and Environmental Studies Division
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Fruit Growing; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. What Is a Fruit?; Chapter 2. The Fruits We Grow; Chapter 3. Strawberries; Chapter 4. Raspberries; Chapter 5. Blackberries; Chapter 6. The Bush Fruits-Blackcurrants; BLACKCURRANTS; Chapter 7. The Bush Fruits-Redcurrants and Whitecurronts; Chapter 8. Gooseberries; Chapter 9. Cuttings; TYPES; Chapter 10. Enemies of Soft Fruits; Chapter 11. Controlling Tree Growth; Chapter 12. Some Rootstocks; PEARS; PLUMS; CHERRIES; Chapter 13. Stooling; STOOLING (see Fig. 16); Chapter 14. Layering; LAYERING (see Fig. 17).
  • Chapter 15. Forms of Trees and BushesChapter 16. The Restricted Shapes; 17. How to Bud a Fruit Tree; REQUIRED; LATER TREATMENT; 18. Grafting; FITTING; 19. Relation of Rootstock and Scion; 20. An Introduction to Pruning; PRUNING FRUIT TREES; Chapter 21. Starting Aright: Shaping a Bush Apple Tree; Chapter22. Pruning for Fruit; Chapter23. Manuring Fruit Trees and Bushes (I); Chapter24. Manuring Fruit Trees and Bushes (2); Chapter25. Rogues and Suckers; Chapter26. More Enemies; CONTROLS; Chapter27. Friends in Deed; Chapter28. A Crop Begins; Chapter29. Diseases of Fruit Trees.
  • Chapter 30. Apple and Pear ScabChapter 31. Planting and Staking; Chapter 32. The Top and Bottom of It; Chapter 33. Planning a Fruit Garden; Chapter 34. Storing Apples and Pears; Chapter 35. Shapes and Sizes; Chapter 36. Cooking Trials; Chapter 37. Keeping Records; OTHER LIBRARY TITLES OF INTEREST.