The Apple and Pear as Vintage Fruits

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This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on setting up and managing an orchard, with information on growing apples and pears, harvesting the fruit, producing for commercial gain, fertilisation, and much more. Including a wealth of useful information and handy tips, this is a volume that will be of considerable utility to the modern farmer, and one that would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: The Orchard , Orchard Trees , Fruit Management , Fermentation , The Orchard in its Commercial Aspect , Renovation of the Orchards , Orchard Prospects , Report on the most Esteemed Varieties of Cider Apples, with their Sections , List of the most Esteemed Varieties of Perry Pears, with their Sections , et cetera. Many old works such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on making cider. First published in 1886.