The fruits mentioned in this book are mostly common to the household but also a more enthusiastic person can take it up on commercial scale too. One of the chief objects of this little volume is also to lure men and women back to their original calling that of gardening. Since the fruit gardens and farms do not develop in a straightforward matter of fact way why should a book be produced about them after the formal and terse fashion of a manual or scientific essay. That is why the book adopts a communicative language and deals in common spoken terms rather than going to scientific phraseology. The text rightly starts with the chapter small fruit farming and its profits and moves strawberries explaining on their species history and types varieties soil and choice of location. It also details on soil preparation stocking and marketing and also teaches that how to grow them in small areas.
No less is the detail regarding Raspberries and Blackberries their species history and propagation choice of land preparation planting pruning staking and mulching. Then why should Gooseberries be left behind? Of course they are not and after a chapter has been devoted to them come the turn of Diseases and Insects which are the real enemies of small fruits. Remedies has been indicated for each berry on individual basis. The last chapters devoted to irrigation, picking and marketing are topped by some rules and maxims of small fruit farming which students will find particularly interesting and useful. The book can be referred by students and also the gardeners serious amateurs an even seasoned professionals will find a few tips useful to them.
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