The Photographic Guide to Pruning Fruit Trees

by Ephraim Porter Felt

This antiquarian volume contains an accessible and concise guide to pruning, with information on the correct methods for pruning rose trees, fruit trees, ornamental trees and shrubs, and many other plants commonly found in the garden. Written in simple, clear language and profusely illustrated, this text will be of considerable utility to anyone with an interest in gardening, and it would make for a great addition to collections of gardening literature. Although old, the information contained within its pages is timeless, and will be of as much service to modern readers as it was when first published. We are republishing this vintage text now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.

68 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2011

About the author

Ephraim Porter Felt was an American entomologist who specialized in Diptera.

Felt worked mostly with Nematocera, particularly Cecidomyiidae. However, as State Entomologist for New York, the scope of his work included all insects of economic or medical significance. He wrote Insects Affecting Park and Woodland Trees(New York State Museum Memoir 8, 1905-1906) and Plant Galls and Gall Makers (Ithaca, N.Y., Comstock Pub. Co., 1940), and described over 1,000 species in scientific journals. He described the mosquito genus Culiseta. The holotypes of the Felt-named insect species are in the National Museum of Natural History.

He was the great grandfather of Edward P. Felt (1959–2001), a victim aboard United Airlines Flight 93 during the attacks on September 11, 2001.