Books by Frederick Keeble

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to growing apple trees, and includes information on soil, tree forms, rootstocks, pests, varieties, and much more. This detailed yet easy-to-digest guide is profusely illustrated, and contains all the information anyone looking to grow apple trees would need to know. Although old, the information conatined herein is timeless, making this both a handy resource and a great addition to collections of vintage literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Introduction to Fruit Growing', 'The Apple', 'Origin and History', 'Soil and Aspect', 'Form of Tree', 'Rootstocks for Apples', 'Pruning of Apples', 'Insect Pests of the Apple', 'Selection of Rootstocks', 'Functional Diseases', 'Varieties of Apple', 'Descriptive Notes on Varieties', etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.

This classic book is a detailed guide to pruning fruit trees, with information on how, why, and when to prune. Written with the novice grower in mind, this easy-to-digest and profusely illustrated guide would make for a fantastic addition to collections of fruit growing literature, and will be of utility to anyone occupied in fruit growing. Contents include: "Water Pruning", "What Pruning Does", "Pruning Practice", "Pruning Young Trees and Bushes", " To Prune or not to Prune at Planting Time", "Shaping Standard, Half-Standard and Bush Tree", "Pruning a Maiden Tree", "Shaping Soft Fruits", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. This book has been elected for modern republication due to its educational value, and is being republished now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit.

Plant-Animals by Frederick Keeble was first published in 1910 as part of the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series. The volume presents an account of the nature and behaviour of Convoluta roscoffensis and Convoluta paradoxa, two types of marine worm.