Description: This vintage book is a complete guide to growing pome fruits, with instructions for growing apples, pears, and quince. Written in clear, plain language and full of simple instructions, this book is ideal for novice growers, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Apple", "Propagation", "Planting", "Distance Apart to Plant", "Cultivation", "Mulching", "Pruning", "Harvesting", "Packing", "Varieties", "Black Rot", "Brown Rot", "Bitter Rot", "Apple Scab", "Fly Speck or Sooty Blotch", "Fire Blight", "Insects of the Apple", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing "Growing the Pome Fruits" now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.
