The book Root System of Fruit Plants provides the horticulturist with the information that needs to be able to choose an adequate method for discovering the causes of weak growth in fruit-bearing plants, for determining the correct depth of soil treatment in orchards and soft-fruit plantations, and for improving the system of agrotechnical measures that will ensure high yields of fruit. A knowledge of the techniques of studying root systems is also essential for those engaged in laying out orchards in new areas, in order to determine the precise depth of pre-planting ploughing and the planting distances for trees and shrubs in various soils.

Contents: 1. Structure and activity of the root system. 2. Development and classification of methods of root system studies. 3. The skeleton method. 4. The monolith method. 5. The trench (profile) method. 6. Method for washing out roots of whole plants. 7. Field (glass-panel) method. 8. Free-monolith method. 9. Boring method. 10. Volumetric and adsorption methods. 11. Other methods, references.