Bush-fruits: A Horticultural Monograph of Raspberries, Blackberries, Dewberries, Currants, Gooseberries, and Other Shrub-like Fruits

by Fred Wallace Card

This vintage book is a complete guide to growing fruit on bushes, with information on producing raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants, gooseberries, and other shrub-like fruits. Illustrated and extensive, this volume constitutes a must-have handbook for anyone occupied in producing fruit from bushes, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of gardening literature. Contents “the Location”, “The Land”, “Fertilizers”, “Suggestions on Planting”, “Management of the Land”, “Tillage Tools”, “Pruning”, “Winter Killing”, “Propagation”, “Thinning the Fruit”, “Effect of Spraying on Pollination”, “Forcing Raspberries and Blackberries”, “Suggestions of Picking”, “Packages and Marketing”, “Remarks on Crossing Berries”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.

556 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2007

About the author

1863-1941