The Fruit Culture in Japan (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Tomochika Ikeda
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781332222513
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 118

Get Book Here

Book Description
Excerpt from The Fruit Culture in Japan In Japan, arable land is limited in extent, and the population numerous, and owing to the lack of capital the area cultivated by individual farmers is small. The plains, and level ground generally, come first in value, as these are utilised for the cultivation of those cereals which form the principal diet of the Japanese; and on such land no room is found for other produce, including fruits, and orchards are rarely if ever seen. What fruit trees there are, have been planted in spare ground, around peasant's cottages, on embankments, by the roadside, in temple grounds, on steep slopes and on table-lands which are not easily utilised on account of water facilities; also on the outer edge of the embankments of rivers, which are often subject to destruction by floods. It would appear that hill slopes, notwithstanding the heavy growth of wild vegetation they bear, even on a poor and shallow soil, have not been taken advantage of for the cultivation of fruit trees. These conditions still exist, and have done in Japan from ancient times, As instances of this, the persimmon may often be seen flourishing in the situations mentioned above; the pear and peach are found in the dry beds of rivers; and the orange tree and grape-vine are often planted on the slopes of hills, pine fruit has often been produced under such conditions, without much effort, and where the soil and climate are favourable and the grower has paid some attention to the cultivation of his trees, good results have been obtained. 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.