by George W. Hood (Author)
This vintage text contains a comprehensive yet concise guide to growing citrus fruits, complete with simple instructions and information on growing lemons, oranges, grapefruits, and other citrus fruits. Written in clear, understandable language and full of useful information and handy tips, this text is perfect for those with a practical interest in growing citrus fruits, and would make for a great addition to collections of gardening literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Introduction to Fruit Growing', 'The Citrus Fruits', 'Lemon', 'Grape Fruit', 'Kumquat', 'Lime', 'Lemon', 'Soil', 'Cultivation', 'Propagation', 'Planting', 'Harvesting and Curing', 'Diseases of the Citrus Fruits', 'Insects of the Citrus Fruits', and more. This text is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a new prefatory introduction on growing citrus fruit.