This vintage book contains a comprehensive article on the plum, with
information on cultivation, soils, tree forms, planting, pruning,
diseases, pests, and varieties. This concise yet detailed article
contains a wealth of information on growing plums, and will be of
considerable interest to both fruit-growers and collectors of
antiquarian literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Introduction
to Fruit Growing', 'Origin and History', 'Soil and Situation', 'The
Plum', 'Insect Pests of the Plum and Damson', 'Diseases of Plums and
Damsons', 'Descriptive List of Varieties', 'Cooking Plums', etcetera.
Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly
hard-to-come-by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are
republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition - complete
with a specially commissioned new introduction on fruit growing.