This vintage book is a comprehensive guide to growing pears. With
information on planting, pruning, harvesting, marketing, and many other
related aspects, this volume constitutes an invaluable resource for the
modern grower, and is not to be missed by collectors. Contents include:
"Varieties", "A Complete List of Kinds", "Consult the Fruit Merchant",
"Pennsylvania Horticultural Society", "Aspect", "Shelter an Orchard", "A
Hedge of Pears", "Preparation of the Soil", "Lifting the Sub-Soil Plow",
"Laying Tiles", "Basement Story", "Distance Between Rows", etc. Many
vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive.
We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality
edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on
growing fruit.