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I HAVE FOR SALE FRUIT TREE AND GRAPE VINE PRUNING. A HANDBOOK FOR FRUIT & GRAPE GROWERS. WORKING UNDER CLIMATIC CONDITIONS PREVAILING IN TEMPERATE AUSTRALIA BY GEORGE QUINN.
SOFT COVER. 278 PAGES IN ALL. NUMEROUS B&W ILLUSTRATIONS & PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT.
PUBLISHED ROBERTSON & MULLENS LTD MELBOURNE 8TH EDITION 1936. 5 SHILLINGS.
CONTENTS: ORIGIN & OBJECTS OF PRUNING, OBSERVED FACTS ON WHICH THE THEORY OF PRUNING IS BASED, SEASONS FOR PRUNING; PRUNING TOOLS & HOW TO USE THEM, PARTS & DESIGN OF THE TREE, DEVELOPMENT OF FRUIT-BEARING WOOD, CLASSIFICATION OF THE SHOOTS OF DECIDUOUS FRUIT TREES, PRUNING TO AVOID DECAY. THE PRACTICE OF PRUNING – DECIDUOUS – APRICOT, CHERRY, PLUM, ALMOND, PEACH NECTARINE, APPLE, PEAR, QUINCE, FIG & APPLE. EVERGREEN FRUIT TREES - ORANGE, LEMON, LOQUAT & OTHER CITRUS TREES. THE GRAPE VINE: TRELLISED & TRAINED VINES, THE SPALIER & MORE.
CONDITION: VERY GOOD FOR IT 72 YEARS OF AGE.
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