A Selection of Articles about Growing Fruit Plants, Bushes and Trees in Pots

Various

• Publisher: Howard Press
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781446538456
• eBook ISBN: 9781473354913
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Horticulture
• Index: Biological Sciences

This vintage book is a complete guide to growing fruit, with information on growing trees, bushes, and in pots. Profusely illustrated and containing simple instructions, this volume is ideal for the novice grower, and would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "House Suitable for Pot Fruit", "Cultural Directions and Feeding", "Pot Fruit"—Pinching the Shoot—Thinning the Fruit", "Thinning the Fruit", "Pot Fruit—Treatment of Trees after the Fruit is Gathered", "Selecting the Trees", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Fruit Growing
• Pot Fruit Culture and Its Advantages
• Pot Fruit—Cultural Directions and Feeding
• Pot Fruit—Pinching the Shoot—Thinning the Fruit
• Pot Fruit—Troublesome Diseases and Insect Pests
• Pot Fruit—Treatment of Trees After the Fruit is Gathered
• Fruit Growing in Pots
• Strawberries as Pot Fruit