About the book: 1987 / The book tells about the successes of domestic and world selection in fruit growing, about varieties and clones of apple and pear trees of folk selection, introduces scientific methods of selecting the best varieties that meet the requirements of modern public and personal gardening. The book describes the unique experience of pomological work at the Rutkevichi experimental base in Belarus, where a garden was created with about 5,000 varieties. For a wide range of readers.