Excerpt from Present-Day Gardening It is hoped that the present volume will induce many to take up Apple and Pear culture with the determination to succeed. If they do this they are not likely to regret the step taken, for the pleasures of the fruit-grower are just as real as the delights of the flower gardener, whilst the habits of the trees are no less interesting than those of the showiest flowers - indeed the interest is carried a step further, for the flowering is merely the preparatory stage for a bountiful harvest. Mr. Bunyard has given practical advice on the details of cultivation, both in the private fruit-garden and in the homestead where fruit is cultivated for market. From his great experience, also, he has made selections of varieties both of Pearsand Apples for various purposes, and to save the reader any confusion the lists have been kept moderately short. It should be added that the fruits depicted in Mr. Waltham's colour-photographs were all cultivated by the author. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.