CONTENTS

[INTRODUCTION.]9
[CHAPTER II.]26
HISTORY OF THE APPLE.
[CHAPTER III.]52
PROPAGATION.
[CHAPTER IV.]144
DWARFING.
[CHAPTER V.]160
DISEASES.
[CHAPTER VI.]198
THE SITE FOR AN ORCHARD.
[CHAPTER VII.]213
PREPARATION OF THE SOIL FOR AN ORCHARD.
[CHAPTER VIII.]229
SELECTION AND PLANTING.
[CHAPTER IX.]242
CULTURE, ETC.
[CHAPTER X.]251
PHILOSOPHY OF PRUNING.
[CHAPTER XI.]263
THINNING.
[CHAPTER XII.]275
RIPENING AND PRESERVING FRUITS.
[CHAPTER XIV.]294
INSECTS.
[CHAPTER XV.]350
CHARACTERS OF FRUITS AND THEIR VALUE.
TERMS USED.
[CHAPTER XVI.]366
CLASSIFICATION.
[CHAPTER XVII.]698
FRUIT LISTS.
[CATALOGUE AND INDEX OF APPLES.]711
[INDEX]738