This vintage text contains a detailed guide to pruning fruit trees, and
includes information on pruning equipment, common problems, correct
methods of pruning, and more. This accessible and profusely illustrated
guide contains all the information needed for successful pruning, and
will be of considerable utility to the modern fruit grower. The chapters
of this book include: 'How Trees Bear their Fruit', 'How Peaches are
Borne', 'The Quince', 'General Principles of Pruning', 'Pruning Tools',
'Pruning Saws', 'Pruning Shears', 'Actual Pruning', 'Young Trees',
'Bearing Trees', 'Time to Prune', 'How to Prune', and 'Dressings for
Wounds'. We are republishing this antiquarian book now in an affordable,
modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction
on growing fruit.