Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-Trees - In Which a New Method of Pruning and Training Is Fully Described

Klappentext In this 1802 work Forsyth offers an exhaustive guide to the cultivation and care of fruit trees and soft fruit. Zusammenfassung In this work, first published in 1802, and followed by many subsequent editions, the famous horticulturalist William Forsyth (c. 1737–1804) gives an exhaustive guide to the cultivation of fruit trees, including nuts and soft fruit, and advises on pests and diseases. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Of apricots; 2. Of plums; 3. Of peaches; 4. Of nectarines; 5. Of cherries; 6. Of apples; 7. Of pears; 8. Of vines; 9. Of figs; 10. Of quinces; 11. Of medlars; 12. Of gooseberries; 13. Of currants; 14. Of raspberries; 15. Of barberries; 16. Of mulberries; 17. Of the service; 18. Of the almond; 19. Of filberts and hazle-nuts; 20. Of chesnuts; 21. Of walnuts; 22. Of grafting and budding; 23. Of a garden; 24. The orchard; 25. Of gathering apples and pears; 26. Of the canker, and gum; 27. Of the mildew, honey-dew, and blights; 28. Of insects, etc.; Observations on the diseases, defects, and injuries, in all kinds of fruit and forest trees; Appendix; Supplement; Explanation of the plates; Index.

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• Authors: William Forsyth, William Jr. Forsyth, Forsyth William
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108037471
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03747-1
• No. of pages: 420
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture, Botany & plant sciences, Commercial horticulture, Horticulture, Botany and plant sciences