Hi Trace_stew hi good if you like those books. You said "Thanks for finding it for me!" you found this message yourself, but if you meant finding those books then your message is o.k. Then we can continue as there is still more books online, if i saw it right. Next book name is Prunning fruit trees from 1917 and online version has 48 pages. This is West Virginia university agricultural experiment station bulletin 164. This book tells how to prun fruit. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/pruningfruittree164alde Next book name is An epitome of Mr. Forsyth's treatise on the culture and management of fruit trees from 1803 and online version has 268 pages. This book have Apricot growing tips , plum varieties, pear varieties and peach varieties. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/epitomeofmrforsy01fors Next book name is Sun-scald of fruit trees : a type of winter injury from 1916 and online version has 66 pages. It tells about sun scald about fruit trees. Book says sun scald is winter injury to tree trunk which was southwest or sun side exposed. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/sunscaldoffruitt00mixa Next book name is A treatise on the insects most prevalent on fruit trees and garden produce from 1829 and online version has 313 pages. This books have pear, plum, peach, fig diseases and treatment tips. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/atreatiseoninse00majogoog Next book name is The orchard house; or, The cultivation of fruit trees in pots under glass from 1879 and online version has 299 pages. This books tells about growing peaches, plums, cherries, figs, pears and grapes in pots. Book says under glass, i think it means in green house. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/orchardhouseorc00rivegoog Next book is The tree pruner: being a practical manual on the pruning of fruit trees, etc and have 227 pages. It have peach prunning, training, management , pear prunning, apple prunning and pear prunning tips. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/treeprunerbeing00woodgoog Next book name is A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees ... from 1824 and online version has 575 pages. I have already gave this book earlier, but this was later made book and also had more pages so i give it again here. This book have have apricot, plum, peach prunning and training tips. This books also have peach varieties. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/atreatiseoncult01forsgoog Next book name is The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees, and ... from 1839 and online version has 501 pages. This book have planting, prunning and training advice on peaches, pear, apple and apricot. This book also have peach, raspberry, pineapple and strawberry variety describtions. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/orchardincludin00mcingoog Next book name is The science and practice of grafting, pruning, and training fruit trees, tr. by W. Wardle from 1862 and online version has 253 pages. This books have grafting, trading and prunning advice on peaches, cherries, plums and pears. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/scienceandpract00breugoog Next book name is Observations on the barrenness of fruit trees, and the means of prevention and cure from 1813 and online version has 114 pages. This books tells about this diseases and it's handling advices. (Not sure is this disease, but i quickly looked into it and didn't got right it so i just say disease here.) Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/observationsonba00lyonrich Next book name is Catalogue of fruit trees cultivated by George Bunyard & Co., Royal Nurseries, 1898-99 from 1898 and online version has 158 pages. This book have peach, apple, grape and blackberry variety describtions. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924000721252 Next book Tree wounds and diseases, their prevention and treatment, with a special chapter on fruit trees from 1916 and online version has 310 pages. This books talks about fruit tree diseases and how to treat them. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/treewoundsdiseas00websuoft Next book name is The tree planter and plant propagator; being a practical manual on the propagation of fruit trees from 1880 and online version has 382 pages. This book have peach, cherry, plum and pear propagation advices. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/treeplanterplant00wooduoft Next book The fruit garden : a treatise intended to explain and illustrate the physiology of fruit trees ... illustrated with upwards of 150 figures from 1852 and oline version has 434 pages. This book have pear varieties, plum varieties, strawberry varieties and peach varieties. It also have tips about gathering fruit. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/fruitgardentreat02barr Next book name is A treatise on the insects injurious to fruit and fruit trees of the State of California, and remedies recommended for their extermination from 1881 and online version has 80 pages. This book have fruit tree insects and their handling information for California. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/treatiseoninsect00cook Next book name is A treatise on the insects injurious to fruit and fruit trees of the state of California, and remedies recommended for their extermination from 1888 and oline version has 92 pages. This book have fruit tree insects and their handling information for California. This books have same name as above but seems to be different book. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/treatiseoninsect00klee Next book name is Fruit culture vol 1 from 1912 and online version has 600 pages. This books have apple, pear, cherry, quince, apricot varieties describtions. It also have apple prunning, pear prunning advice, apricot orchard operations, cherry orchard operations, quince management advice and apple, pear, cherry, apricot and quince variety describtions. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/fruitculture01inte Next book name is Fruit Culture vol 2 from 1912 and online version has 586 pages. This second part above book. This books have peach, plum, grape, strawberry, raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants and gooseberry variety describtions. It also have peach orchard management, plum operations, vineyard management, fertilization of strawberries, planting red raspberries, planting blackberries, planting dewberries, planting currants and planting gooseberries advices. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/fruitculture02inte I have found another source of online books, so now i change site and list some fruit tree books from there. Next book name is Fruit-gardening: containing complete practical directions for the selection, propagation and cultivation of all kinds of fruit from 1901 and online version has 211 pages. This books have training and prunning tips for fruit trees. It also have peach variety describtions. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=3145797 Next book name is The fruit-growers guide-book from 1911 and online version has 288 pages. This books have prunning tips for fruit trees. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=2716512 Next book name is Fruit growing from 1925 and online version has 777 pages. This books tells about fruit bud formation, rest period of fruit trees, fruit thinning and fruit setting advices. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=3114284 Next book name is Fruit-growing in arid regions: an account of approved fruit-growing practices in the inter-mountain country of the western United States from 1910 and online version has 399 pages. This book have buds, prunning young trees, irrigation and mature tree prunning advice. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=3076603 Next book name Fruits and vegetables under glass: apples, apricots, cherries, figs, grapes, melons, peaches and nectarines, pears, pinapples, plums, strawberries; asparagus, beans, beets, carrots, chicory, cauliflowers, cucumbers, lettuce, mushrooms, radishes, rhubarb, sea kale, tomatoes from 1912 and online version has 256 pages. This book tell about growing fruit under glass which probably mean green house, it have grape thinning, grape vine cultivate in pots, commercial grape culture tips and cultural advice on peaches. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=2731255 Next book name is Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands from 1907 and online version has 77 pages. This books describes fruit trees and what their fruit tastes. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=2730785 I stop now, that was many books in this listing.

everything gets a pruning - not just by us but from munching beasties, wind, snowfall, senescence, animals breaking canes -we generally prune for our convenience, to prevent diseases and to maintain juvenility. In the UK, which is esentially temperate although the last frost date can be as late as the end of May, pruning roses can be done at any time during dormancy whereas this easy-going attitude is not appropriate for vines (must be pruned in early January because the sap rises fast and early and will run crazily from late prunied stubs. Figs also have an interesting pruning regime. Most fruit will do absolutely fine with no pruning whatsoever but anyone attempting to pick gooseberries on unpruned bushes will soon testify to the error of the no-prune method, In short, Harmony, if you want a more scientific explanation rather than anecdotal exchange, then I mostly agree with Seil, in that experimentation is the only way to find a suitable regime which fits in with your time, energy,expectations and particular climate and soil conditions and plants undergoing pruning - too many variables to provide clear and unequivocal evidence, including the actual pruning itself - a little all over shearing or a more brutal down to the crown stooling?. As a haphazard but enthusiastic gardener, I have pruned roses at every time during the year, including high summer and late autumn. The former because certain roses are like highly strung adolescents and need certain boundaries and the latter to eliminate windrock in exposed areas (the fen is flat....and windy). I usually quote Fred Loads, a garden writer who always said 'growth follows the knife' although I agree that pruning alone will not stimulate growth in winter whereas the slightest breath of mild air and rain and buds are breaking whether they have been pruned or not. At the moment, a number of roses are busily putting out fresh green leaves although I know they are going to get a nasty shock tonight as temperatures are dropping to -8. Fortunately, I tend to grow forgiving types of roses which grow in a regime of benign neglect (that is. I would maybe step in and attempt a rescue if a rose was unto death, but other wise, it is the treat 'em mean, keep 'em keen method (as with husbands).

As it turns out, Dell did decide to expedite shipping so I got in time to try it. BUT - they sent the same incorrect item - just the empower and car plug - no actually adapter. Just absurd. Then they wanted me to call fedex to arrange a return. I emailed them that I wasn't taking any more time on them - and they could email me a label - which they just did. I wound up paying for one-day shipping through Amazon to get a non-Dell adapter on the day or her flight(I have prime anyway - so it was just an additional $4. I bought 3 different adapters bc. there was no way to be sure which might work with dd's dell laptop (it's new enough that it's not specifically listed as a compatible laptop). Good thing I did. One item was not the appropriate item. One never came - and one arrived in a nick of time and seemed to be the right one - a Kensington car/air ac/dc adapter - that fit her laptop. Raven - thank you for that link. Sounds like a great program - unfortunately they left on the 27th. But I may look for something similar for my smartphone. I think I already downloaded an app that does that for the phone. Mike - I do know that there could be any type of plug (empower,car type plug or regular ac) - and that there may or may not be a plug - and it may or may not work. Of course, neither my daughter nor husband has gotten online to email me that they've arrived and are okay. Guess I'll find out soon whether it worked. Thanks. Lynn.

I bought all my manzanitas as 1 gallon pots from Pete at East Bay Wilds. My Dr. Hurd is just about 5 ft after 5 years. It can get to be 15ft if it is happy. I hope it gets to be at least 8 ft. Everything was installed at once in the Fall of 2013. Regarding the desert willow, I have Timeless Beauty in my yard. It is on the smaller side - up to 15 ft. It doesn't reseed and seems to grow on the slower side. I guess it just depends on what your needs are in terms of a tree/shrub. I am making a note of your CA native grass resource. I have a few non-native grasses that I need to replace - thanks! If you ever want someone to come give you some advice on your yard, I can certainly drop by. I am not a design/professional architect, I am just passionate about native plants and will give any feedback for free. I can certainly tell you if you have a Toyon in your yard :)