HINTS on Fruit growing - 1901 - CONTENTS - PAGE . Introduction ... .... ... ... ... ... Valuable Tnbles ... ... ... ... ... The IIorticultural Past ... ... ... ... Revival of Interest in Horticulture ... ... ... Botanic Gardens ... ... ... ... ... Prospects of Building up an African Fruit Trade ... Dried Fruit ... . . ... ... ... ... Canning ... ... ... ... ... ... Stocks ... ... .. ... ... ... Remedy after getting Wrong Sorts plsntecl 01 . Varieti s planted on Wrong Ttoots ... ... ... Orchard Irrigation ... ... ... ... ... Manuring Orchards ... ... ... ... ... Orchard Cultivatioll ... ... ... ... ... Orchard Improve nent ... ... ... ... What to do with your Old Orchards ... ... ... A Basis on which B 11 mers can decide whether to atld F euit growing to their other soulaces of income ... The initial difficulties of establishing Orchards in S . Africa Tlie general treatruent at Planting and during first seasons growth of a young Orchard ... ... ... General Remarks on Pruning ... ... ... ... Ztepor ted tendency of Farmers. to no W neglect Pruning ... The Pruning of young deciduous Trees the year after planting ... ... ... ... ... Kote ... ... ... ... ... ... The Apple ... ... ... ... ... ... The Pear ... ... ... ... ... ... The Peach ... ... ... ... ... ... The Apricot ... ... ... ... ... ... The Plum including all P uncs. ... ... ... Spraying ... ... ... ... ... ... Insect Pefits ... ... ... ... ... ... PAGE . Late and Early Uloomcrs ... ... ... ... 55 Improper starting with Spring rowth of Domestic Plums and other Frait Trees ... ... ... ... 56 Why Fruit does not set ... ... ... ... 57 Die back caused by sour sap ... ... ... ... 5s Importance of planling Trees i111d not waiting for ... 60 The California Prune . . . . ... ... ... ... GO Japanese Plums ... ... ... ... ... 62 Descriptive List of Frnit Trees Apples ... ... ... ... ... 64 Pears ... ... ... ... 69 Peaches ... ... ... ... ... 73 Kectarines ... ... ... 7 Apricots . .. ... ... ... ... 77 Plnms ... ... ... ... ... 78 . Japa easnet 1 Oriental 11 11ms . . ... s i r Prunes ... ... ... ... ... S2 Cherries ... ... ... ... ... S i liscellwneous Fruits Figs . Quinces, Soft Slrrll Lllnlontls, Japanese I17alnnts, c . ... ... ... ... S Citrus Fruits ... ... ... ... ... S4 Old OrcharJs ... ... ... ... S .. Demailtl ... ... ... ... ... ... SS Site for Citrus Orc11 1 d ... ... ... ... SS Setting out an Orchard ... ... ... ... S9 Stoclis ... ... ... ... ... ... 90 Improvement ill Varieties ... ... - ... ... 91 Iruning ... ... ... ... ... .. 92 hIal di Gorm i or root rot ... ... ... ... 93 Varieties of Citrus Trees ... ... ... ... 94 - INTRODUCTION - We trust the follonring Hints to Growers may be found of some little service to some of those who are following and who intend embarking in our Industry and also to the Dilettante vho finds amusement in the garden. We have tried to make our remarks practical and the ideas intelligible. Several paragraphs have been t, aken over from foreign sources, as me found there our own ideas very clearly expressed. Advice tendered herein to growers is not theoretical but is based in nearly every instalice on personal experience, or the experience of others that has come under our observation. The whole has been brought thoroughly up to the date of cur latest experience, which ifi some instances readers will see it has been found necessary to alter or modify from those contained in our last catalogue. No attempt has been made to deal with technical questions such as the character of soils, the action of manures, the budding and grafts of trees, the circul tion of sap, c...