Fred Coleman Sears Establishing Your Orchard - Notes on Ploughing, Planning, and Planting - An Article with Study Questions

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This vintage book contains a detailed article on establishing an orchard, and includes notes on ploughing, planning, and planting. Written in clear, simple language and profusely illustrated, this step-by-step guide is ideal for those with little previous experience, and will be of considerable utility to modern readers with an interest in starting and maintaining an orchard. The sections of this article include: 'One Year's Preparation', 'Fall Ploughing', 'Steps in Preparation', 'There are Three General Methods', 'Laying off the Land', 'Details of a Good Method', 'Planting Board', 'Heeling In', 'Working Out the Plan', 'When to Plant', 'Pruning After Setting', 'High Heading', etcetera. This antiquarian book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned introduction on growing fruit.