L. H. BAILEY
NEW YORK
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1922
All rights reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Copyright, 1922,
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published January, 1922.
FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY
NEW YORK
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Where There is no Apple-Tree | [7] |
| II. | The Apple-Tree in the Landscape | [10] |
| III. | The Buds on the Twigs | [15] |
| IV. | The Weeks Between the Flower and the Fruit | [19] |
| V. | The Brush Pile | [27] |
| VI. | The Pruning of the Apple-Tree | [36] |
| VII. | Maintaining the Health and Energy of the Apple-Tree | [41] |
| VIII. | How an Apple-Tree is Made | [48] |
| IX. | The Dwarf Apple-Tree | [54] |
| X. | Whence Comes the Apple-Tree? | [60] |
| XI. | The Varieties of Apple | [66] |
| XII. | The Pleasant Art of Grafting | [79] |
| XIII. | The Mending of the Apple-Tree | [85] |
| XIV. | Citizens of the Apple-Tree | [89] |
| XV. | The Apple-Tree Regions | [97] |
| XVI. | The Harvest of the Apple-Tree | [102] |
| XVII. | The Appraisal of the Apple-Tree | [107] |
1. The home apple-tree