All you need to know to succeed in growing apples well!
The Table of Contents includes:
What varieties do I want?
What is a variety? Heirloom varieties? Modern varieties? Maybe both? What about hardiness?
Good Nurseries and Bad: Beware, Beware
Here there be dangers!
How do I Plant my Babies?
Where: location? Big hole/little hole? What goes in the hole besides the tree? What about feeding my baby; when, what and how much? Organic or inorganic: try each way & you decide!
Pruning and Training
Making your trees a cut above the rest! And yes, old neglected trees can be restored!
The Ancient and Honorable Rt of Grafting
Seeking increase in many ways!
Can I Grow My Own?
Of course: from seeds, cuttings, grafts & making rootstocks.
PESTS!!!
Successfully defeating bugs, animals, diseases and such!
Large Glossary of Pomological Terms
Sources
The Lore and Lure of the Apple
...and much, much more, all gleaned from over sixty years of hands-on experience! More than adequately illustrated!
George A. Stilphen - 986 Bolster's Mills Road, Otisfield, ME 04270-7038
(207) 743-9420 www.applesofmaine.com maineapl@gwi.net
