The Miniature Fruit Garden - Thomas Rivers

Excerpt from The Miniature Fruit Garden: Or the Culture of Pyramidal and Bush Fruit Trees With Instructions for Root-Pruning &C. &C
The publication of the twentieth edition is a satisfactory proof of the successful application of the rules laid down in the preceding editions. I am happy to think that the work has contributed to the pleasure of many by drawing their attention to the fact that fruit trees may be cultivated in a smaller space than was formerly supposed to be possible, and I hope that with the spread of knowledge the pleasure and profit derived from the cultivation of small fruit trees may be extended to many cottage gardens in England.
I may here remark that apples on the Paradise stock are especially suited for cottagers. With a good selection of trees on this stock, the cottage may compete successfully at autumnal shows with the garden of the mansion, and in certain situations, well selected, the fine varieties of Belgian and French pears - peculiarly the property of skilful and wealthy horticulturists - will, by attention to the simple rules given in this work, be exhibited by the humble but triumphant cottager.
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