220 Rare Old Books on Fruit Growing Gardening Orchards Apples Pears Berries Grapes Tree Care Pruning Grafting Guide - Instant PDF Download

THE FRUIT CULTURE COLLECTION

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The Digital Library is proud to present this stunning virtual archive of over 140 rare, out-of-print books and 84 vintage magazines compiled together for the first time in one unique virtual library covering all aspects of horticulture and growing fruit!

This huge collection of vintage books will appeal to both the professional fruit grower and the beginner alike. Discover the world of fruit culture – from California to Great Britain, from colder Northern climates to warmer Southern environments, from growing berries in your back yard to farming grapes, peaches, pears and apples for profit. Learn exactly what to plant, how to plant and when to plant all sorts of fruit for maximum harvests.

Overall, this is a wonderful collection of valuable research material for anyone with an interest in fruit culture and growing fruit for themselves. The full list of titles included speaks for itself!

This is a DIGITAL item! All of the books have been scanned in HQ and preserved forever in modern pdf format, easy to read on any laptop, computer, e-reader, tablet or even smartphone. This superb compilation of vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. You can also print any page you wish, or even books in their entirety.



Full List of Books Included:


A catalogue of fruits for cultivation in the United States and Canadas by P. Barry (1868)

A catalogue of the fruits cultivated in the garden of the Horticultural Society of London by The Royal Horticultural Society (1831)

A complete work on the pruning of fruit trees by J. F. Moody (1912)

A guide to a successful fruit culture by B. A. Morris (1877)

A guide to the orchard and fruit garden by G. Lindley (1846)

A list of the most desirable varieties of most kinds of fruits by The Royal Horticultural Society (1916)

A manual on the culture of small fruits by E. P. Roe (1876)

A monograph on fruit culture in Indiana by W. W. Stevens (1904)

A monograph on the leading fruits of the lower Gangetic valley by I. B. De Majumdar (1906)

A new orchard and garden by W. Lawson (1858)

A practical treatise on the management of fruit trees by G. Jacques (1849)

A survey of some commercial apple orchards in Virginia by A. W. Drinkard (1912)

A treatise of fruit-trees by T. Hitt (1757)

A treatise on the culture and management of fruit trees by C. Harrison (1825)

A treatise on the culture and management of fruit trees by W. Forsyth (1803)

A western book for western planters by O. D. Shields (1905)

Amateur fruit growing. A practical guide to the growing of fruit for home use and the market. Written with special reference to colder climates by S. B. Green (1905)

An American fruit-farm by F. N. Thorpe (1915)

An epitome of Mr. Forsyth's treatise on the culture and management of fruit-trees by W. Forsyth (1803)

Arbres fruitiers culture & taille - des poirier, pommier, prunier, cerisier par V. T. Lebeuf (1870)

Barry's Fruit garden by P. Barry (1883)

Beginners' guide to fruit growing; a simple statement of the elementary practices of propagation, planting, culture, fertilization, pruning, spraying, etc. by F. A. Waugh (1913)

Biggle berry book; small fruit facts from bud to box conserved into understandable form by J. Biggle (1911)

Biggle orchard book - fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket by J. Biggle (1906)

Bush fruit production by R. A. Van Meter (1921)

California fruit culture by The Californian Fruit Grower's Convention (1886)

California horticulture - the fruit growers' guide by G. C. Roeding (1909)

Choosing an orchard by C. I. Lewis (1915)

Cordon training of fruit trees, diagonal vertical, spiral, horizontal. Adapted to the orchard-house and open-air culture by T. C. Brehaut (1860)

Cours pratique de la culture et de la taille des arbres fruitiers par X. De Bavay (1864)

Dwarf fruit trees; their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by F. A. Waugh (1906)

Elliott's fruit book; or, The American fruit-grower's guide in orchard and garden by F. R. Elliott (1858)

Farm horticulture, prepared especially for those interested in either home or commercial horticulture by G. W. Hood (1919)

Fertilizers and fruit by H. W. Collingwood (1893)

Florida fruits and how raise them by H. G. Warner (1886)

Frameworking fruit trees by R. J. Hilton (1921)

Fruit culture and the laying out and management of a country home by W. C. Strong (1892)

Fruit culture by B. M. Lelong (1890)

Fruit culture for the Gulf states by T. J. Lacy (1888)

Fruit culture for the million. A hand-book of fruit culture being a guide to the cultivation and management of fruit trees by T. Gregg (1857)

Fruit culture Vol. 1 by unknown author (1912)

Fruit culture Vol. 2 by unknown author (1912)

Fruit farming for profit in California by D. Whiting (1893)

Fruit farming practical and scientific, for commercial fruit growers and others by C. H. Hooper (1921)

Fruit raisers and farmer's guide and receipt book by D. Seaman (1853)

Fruit ranching in British Columbia by J. T. Bealby (1909)

Fruit-gardening - containing complete practical directions for the selection, propagation and cultivation of all kinds of fruit by T. Bridgeman (1901)

Fruit-growing by B. W. Douglass (1922)

Fruits for Pennsylvania by J. H. Funk (1907)

Fruits for the home grounds by U. P. Hedrick (1919)

Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands by G. P. Wilder (1911)

Gardening for the South by W. N. White (1859)

Gardening in Florida by J. N. Whitner (1885)

Greening's fruit growers' guide by C. E. Greening (1899)

Greening's twentieth century fruit growers' and landscapers' guide by C. E. Greening (1904)

Growing tree and small fruits by H. B. Knapp (1919)

Guide to hardy fruits and ornamentals by T. J. Dwyer (1903)

Hand-book for fruit growers by F. R. Elliott (1876)

Handy book of fruit culture under glass by D. Thomson (1881)

Hardy fruit culture by C. F. Lawrance (1919)

Hints and encouragements for profitable fruit growing by W. S. Manning (1891)

Hints on vegetable and fruit farming by C. Whitehead (1881)

Home fruit grower by M. G. Kains (1918)

Horticulture in Oregon by H. E. Dosch (1904)

How to grow and market fruit - practical explanations and directions for making fruit trees produce profit (1911)

How to make an orchard in British Columbia - a handbook for beginners by J. T. Bealby (1912)

How to raise fruits - a hand-book of fruit culture by T. Gregg (1880)

Kansas as a fruit state by W. H. Barnes (1902)

Lessons in commercial fruit growing by E. S. Goff (1902)

Modern propagation of tree fruits by B. S. Brown (1916)

Northwestern pomology; a treatise on the growing and care of trees, fruits, and flowers in the Northwestern states by C. W. Gurney (1894)

Notes on the presence of nitrates in orchard soils by J. H. Gourley (1916)

Orcharding by Massachusetts. Dept. of Agriculture (1921)

Orcharding in northern Vermont by Z. E. Jameson (1872)

Papers on horticultural and kindred subjects by W. Saunders (1891)

Pear growing in California - a practical treatise designed to cover some of the important phases of pear culture within the state by G. P. Weldon (1918)

Pictorial practical fruit growing; a concise manual giving instructions for the management of every important fruit in cultivation by W. P. Wright (1901)

Pomologia Britannica or, Figures and descriptions of the most important varieties of fruit cultivated in Great Britain Vols. 1 - 3 by J. Lindley (1841)

Pomologie de la France par Société pomologique de France (1864)

Popular fruit growing by S. B. Green (1917)

Practical and scientific fruit culture by C. R. Baker (1866)

Practical fruit culture by J. Cheal (1892)

Practical fruit-growing by J. Cheal (1893)

Practical orcharding on rough lands by S. W. Moore (1911)

Productive orcharding; modern methods of growing and marketing fruit by F. C. Sears (1914)

Rational fruit culture by H. C. Davidson (1917)

Renovation of an old apple orchard by R. S. Washburn (1912)

Roeding's fruit growers' guide by G. C. Roeding (1919)

Roeding's practical planter's guide; the result of thirty years experience in California horticulture by G. C. Roeding (1915)

Small fruit culture by W. T. Macoun (1912)

Southern fruits and vegetables for northern markets by P. M. Kiely (1888)

Successful fruit culture; a practical guide to the cultivation and propagation of fruits by S. T. Maynard (1913)

Systematic pomology by U. P. Hedrick (1922)

Systematic pomology, treating of description, nomenclature, and classification of fruits by F. A. Waugh (1903)

Text-book of pomology by J. H. Gourley (1922)

The American fruit book; containing directions for raising, propagating, and managing fruit trees, shrubs, and plants by S. W. Cole (1858)

The American fruit culturist - containing directions for the propagation and culture of fruit trees in the nursery, orchid and garden by J. J. Thomas (1855)

The American fruit culturist by J. J. Thomas (1867)

The American fruit culturist by J. J. Thomas (1875)

The American orchardist by J. Thacher (1822)

The apples of New York - Vols. 1 & 2 by S. A. Beach (1905)

The book of pears and plums by E. Bartrum (1903)

The British fruit-gardener by J. Abercrombie (1779)

The California fruits and how to grow by E. J. Wickson (1914)

The cultivation of the peach and the pear by J. J. Black (1886)

The fruit cultivator by J. Rogers (1837)

The fruit culture in Japan by T. Ikeda (1909)

The fruit garden by P. Barry (1851)

The fruit grower's friend - an easy guide for the raising of fruits for pleasure or profit by R. H. Haines (1880)

The fruit grower's guide Vols. 1- 6 by J. Wright (1894)

The fruit grower's instructor by G. Bliss (1841)

The fruit manual by R. Hogg (1860)

The fruit-growers guide-book by E. H. Favor (1911)

The fruits and fruit trees of America by A. J. Downing (1853)

The fruits of Ontario by Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1907)

The fundamentals of fruit production by V. R. Gardner (1922)

The Gilbert system of orchard planting by R. D. Gilbert (1913)


The miniature fruit garden or, The culture of pyramidal and bush fruit trees by T. Rivers (1866)

The new American orchardist; or, An account of the most valuable varieties of fruit, adapted to cultivation in the climate of the United States by W. Kenrick (1833)

The New England fruit book. Being a descriptive catalogue of the most valuable varieties of the pear, apple, peach, plum, and cherry, for New England culture by R. Manning (1844)

The new horticulture by H. M. Stringfellow (1896)

The nursery and the orchard. A practical treatise on fruit culture by S. W. Peek (1885)

The orchard and fruit garden by E. P. Powell (1905)

The orchard and fruit garden their culture and produce by E. Watts (1867)

The Pomological magazine; or, Figures and descriptions of the most important varieties of fruit cultivated in Great Britain Vols. 1 - 3 by J. Lindley (1828)

The pomological manual by W. R. Prince (1832)

The practical fruit grower by S. T. Maynard (1894)

The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice by L. H. Bailey (1915)

The profits of fruit culture, containing plain and practical directions for planting, growing and marketing fruit by A. Dupuis (1880)

The scientific and profitable culture of fruit trees ; including choice of trees, planting , grafting, training, restoration of unfruitful trees, gathering and preservation of fruit etc. by M. Du Brueil (1862)

The suburbanite's handbook of dwarf fruit tree culture by A. W. Thornton (1909)

The western fruit book by F. R. Elliott (1859)

The Western pomologist - Vols. 1 - 3 (1870-02)

Trattato di frutticoltura by D. Tamaro (1915)

Twentieth century fruits by L. Burbank (1911)

Varieties and methods of cultivation of fruits of the South by The Hewett Brothers (1899)

Western fruits and how to grow them by J. R. Hendricks (1888)



Also included in this stunning collection are 84 vintage issues of the “Better Fruit” magazine:


Better fruit (July 1914 - June 1915)

Better fruit (July 1915 - June 1916)

Better fruit (July 1916 - June 1917)

Better fruit (July 1917 - June 1918)

Better fruit (July 1918 - June 1919)

Better fruit (July 1919 - June 1920)

Better fruit (July 1921 - June 1922)



This is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in fruit culture, fruit farming and its history and all other aspects of growing fruit - a unique treasure trove of information for a very small price!


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