This vintage book is a detailed guide to growing top-working fruit trees
in dry locations, with information on tools and equipment, common
problems, grafting, budding, and all other related aspects. Written in
plain language and full of helpful illustrations, this volume will be of
considerable utility to the novice grower, and would make for a
fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents
include: "Cleft-Grafting", "Kerf-Grafting", "Bark-Grafting",
"Terminal-Grafting", "Choosing the Stubs", "Season for Grafting",
"Protecting the Body", "Cion Wood", "Growing the Top", "Grafting Young
Trees", "Budding The Young Trees", "Top-Working Old Trees", "Top-Working
Young Trees", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming
increasingly rare and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are
republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality
edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on
growing fruit.