Growing Fruit under Glass - The Peach and the Nectarine (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781446537787)

This vintage volume contains a guide to growing peaches and nectarines under glass, with information on selecting varieties, common problems, pruning, training, and more. Complete with simple, step-by-step instructions and a plethora of helpful illustrations, this is a guide that will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in growing fruit at home, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Peach-House for Early Forcing'; 'Peach-House when Ripe Peaches are Not Required Before July'; 'Drainage, Depth, and Width of Border'; 'Soil'; 'Varieties for Early Forcing'; 'Nectarines for Early Forcing'; 'Late Nectarines'; 'Propagation and Selection of Trees' and more. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a new prefatory introduction on growing fruit.

Author: David Thomson
ISBN-10: 1446537781
ISBN-13: 9781446537787
Publisher: Girvin Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2011
Pages: 54
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.13d