This vintage book is a comprehensive guide to designing and building an apple orchard, with information on tools and equipment, planting, maintaining, common problems, and many other related aspects. Written in simple, plain language and full of invaluable tips, this volume is ideal for prospective orchard owners. Contents include: "Filler trees", "Systems of Apple Growing", "Pollination", "Choice of Varieties", "The Scale of Planting", "Sites and Soils", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.