This is a rare copy in English of a classic French book on the cultivation of fruit trees by M. Alphonse du Breuil, first published in the 1850s, translated into English by William Wardle, edited by George Glenny. This edition (5th ed) published in 1891 in Weale's Scientific & Technical Series (Agriculture & Gardening section). The author was Professor of Arboriculture in the Conservatoire Imperial des Arts et Metiers. The comprehensive text covers grafting, pruning, training and preservation, with particular emphasis on apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries and apricots. Extensively illustrated with engraved diagrams.