Liberty Hyde Bailey
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All aspects of root pruning fruit trees are covered in this informative article written by an expert on the subject. Thoroughly recommended reading for the budding home gardener. Illustrated with black and white drawings and diagrams forming a complete how-to guide. This book contains classic material, but the content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
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Finally, the best and most accessible garden writings of perhaps the most influential literary gardener of the twentieth century have been brought together in one book. Philosopher, poet, naturist, educator, agrarian, scientist, and garden-lover par excellence Liberty Hyde Bailey built a reputation as the Father of Modern Horticulture and evangelist for what he called the "garden-sentiment"-the desire to raise plants from the good earth for the sheer...
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"Nature-study not only educates, but it educates nature-ward; and nature is ever our companion, whether we will or no. Even though we are determined to shut ourselves in an office, nature sends her messengers. The light, the dark, the moon, the cloud, the rain, the wind, the falling leaf, the fly, the bouquet, the bird, the cockroach-they are all ours. If one is to be happy, he must be in sympathy with common things. He must live in harmony with his...
4) Fruit Growing - With Information on Location, Varieties, Selection, Soils and Other Aspects of Fr
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This botanical book details the intricacies of commercial fruit-growing from preparation to cultivation, harvesting, and, finally, packaging and sale. An interesting and insightful book, Fruit Growing is a compete manual for the commercial fruit-grower, containing timelessly important information imperative to the success of such endeavours to this day. Written by the prolific Liberty Hyde Bailey, this text is a must-have for any prospective farmers...