John Wright's concise, practical guide explores the profitable growing of fruit on a small land area.

Excerpt from Profitable Fruit-Growing for Cottagers and Small Holders of Land Varieties of fruits, notably of the most important - Apples - have been chosen for their usefulness, earliness in bearing, with good appearance and quality of the fruit, rather than for the predominance of some one particular merit esteemed by connoisseurs and, as far as possible, those sorts have been included which have proved the most productive in generally unfruitful years. Slow, shy, and uncertain bearers, no matter how handsome and excellent the fruit, are not the most useful for planting by cottagers and small holders in gardens or fields. 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.

Originally published in 1915, this book contains a detailed guide to small-scale fruit and vegetable gardening at home or at the allotment, including chapters on planning, plating, cropping, making a profit, and much more. With easy-to-follow instructions and simple explanations, this fantastic and timeless volume is highly recommended for all green-fingered readers. Contents include: “Bees and Bee Keeping", "Laying out a Small Holding", "Working the Land", "Arrangement of Fruit Trees", "Garden Plans", "Planting and Arranging Plots", "Cash Accounts", "Small Garden Plots", "Poultry Rearing and Keeping”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on market gardening.