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The Rural Science Series
EDITED BY L. H. BAILEY
THE PRINCIPLES OF FRUIT-GROWING
The
THE PRINCIPLES OF
FRUIT-GROWING
BY
L. H. BAILEY
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
1897
All rights reserved
COPYRIGHT, 1897
By L. H. BAILEY
Mount Pleasant Printery J. Horace McFarland Company Harrisburg, Pa.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
PAGES
INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION
INVENTORY OF FRUITS. Orchard culture or tree-fruit cul-
ture-Pomaceous fruits - Drupaceous or stone fruits-Citrous
fruits-Moraceous fruits-Anonaceous fruits-Myrtaceous
fruits-Sapotaceous fruits-Anacardiaceous fruits-Eben-
aceous fruits-Leguminous fruits-Nut-fruits-Palmaceous
fruits-Miscellaneous tree-fruits. - Vine-fruit culture-Viti-
culture-Passifloraceous fruits. - Small-fruit culture-Ru-
baceous fruits-Ribaceous fruits - Miscellaneous bush-fruits
-Strawberry culture-Cranberry culture. - Non-woody or
herb-like fruits-Musaceous fruits-Pineapple-Cactaceous
fruits-Miscellaneous herb-like fruits
THE GEOGRAPHY OF FRUIT-GROWING. The temperature
determinant-The moisture determinant-The soil deter-
minant-The parasite determinant
THE COURSE OF EVOLUTION OF A FRUIT-REGION.
The two factors con-
THE OUTLOOK FOR FRUIT-GROWING.
cerned-Farmers do not become rich-Always a demand for
the unlike-Choice of business is a matter of taste and cap-
ital-Farmer must master his local conditions-The fruit-
grower, therefore, must be trained - Best farmers are often
not brought up on the farm-The farmer is his own business
manager-Outlook best in those fruits which make the
greatest number of secondary products. - Is there over pro-
duction of fruit?-Insufficient distribution-Tendency must
be for cheaper fruit-Normal failure of many plantations..
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