Success with Small Fruits

VOLUME SEVENTEEN - SUCCESS WITH SMALL FRUITS - ILLUSTRATED

FROM WHOM I SHALL ESTEEM IT A PRIVILEGE TO LEARN IN COMING YEARS AS I HAVE IN THE PAST - PREFACE

CORNWALL-ON-THE-HUDSON, NEW YORK. - PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION

CHAPTER - I. PRELIMINARY PARLEY - II. THE FRUIT GARDEN - III. SMALL FRUIT FARMING AND ITS PROFITS - IV. STRAWBERRIES: THE FIVE SPECIES AND THEIR HISTORY - V. IDEAL STRAWBERRIES VERSUS THOSE OF THE FIELD AND MARKET - VI. CHOICE OF SOIL AND LOCATION - VII. PREPARING AND ENRICHING THE SOIL - VIII. PREPARATION OF SOIL BY DRAINAGE - IX. THE PREPARATION OF SOILS COMPARATIVELY UNFAVORABLE—CLAY, SAND, ETC - X. COMMERCIAL AND SPECIAL FERTILIZERS - XI. OBTAINING PLANTS AND IMPROVING OUR STOCK - XII. WHEN SHALL WE PLANT? - XIII. WHAT SHALL WE PLANT? VARIETIES, THEIR CHARACTER AND ADAPTATION TO SOILS - XIV. SETTING OUT PLANTS - XV. CULTIVATION - XVI. A SOUTHERN STRAWBERRY FARM, AND METHODS OF CULTURE IN THE SOUTH - XVII. FORCING STRAWBERRIES UNDER GLASS - XVIII. ORIGINATING NEW VARIETIES—HYBRIDIZATION - XIX. RASPBERRIES—SPECIES, HISTORY, PROPAGATION, ETC - XX. RASPBERRIES—PRUNING—STAKING—MULCHING—WINTER PROTECTION, ETC - XXI. RASPBERRIES—VARIETIES OF THE FOREIGN AND NATIVE SPECIES - XXII. RUBUS OCCIDENTALS—BLACK-CAP AND PURPLE-CANE RASPBERRIES - XXIII. THE RASPBERRIES OF THE FUTURE - XXIV. BLACKBERRIES—VARIETIES, CULTIVATION, ETC. - XXV. CURRANTS—CHOICE OF SOIL, CULTIVATION, PRUNING, ETC. - XXVI. CURRANTS, CONTINUED—PROPAGATION, VARIETIES - XXVII. GOOSEBERRIES - XXVIII. DISEASES AND INSECT ENEMIES OF SMALL FRUITS - XXIX. PICKING AND MARKETING - XXX. IRRIGATION - XXXI. SUGGESTIVE EXPERIENCES FROM WIDELY SEPARATED LOCALITIES - XXXII. A FEW RULES AND MAXIMS - XXXIII. VARIETIES OF STRAWBERRIES - XXXIV. VARIETIES OF OTHER SMALL FRUITS - XXXV. CLOSING WORDS - APPENDIX - INDEX - CHAPTER I - PRELIMINARY PARLEY

CHAPTER II - THE FRUIT GARDEN

CHAPTER III - SMALL FRUIT FARMING AND ITS PROFITS

CHAPTER IV - STRAWBERRIES: THE FIVE SPECIES AND THEIR HISTORY

CHAPTER V - IDEAL STEAWBERRIES VERSUS THOSE OF THE FIELD AND MARKET

CHAPTER VI - CHOICE OF SOIL AND LOCATION

CHAPTER VII - PREPARING AND ENRICHING THE SOIL