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Bob Flowerdew's classic fruit compendium has been completely updated to offer information on an extensive range of more than 100 fruits and nuts. Good coverage of orchard, bust, perennial and tropical fruit is given together with tips on varieties, harvesting and storing. Bob offers practical help with pest and disease control, planning and maintaining an organic fruit garden. More than 100 seasonal recipes are included. --Garden News
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Bob Flowerdew is passionate about fruit - about growing your own and enjoying the bounty that is available to us - and this passion runs through his immensely practical book. This spread-by-spread reference work covers over 100 fruit and, for each one, Bob lists a range of species and varieties (providing lots of choice for the gardener), details its history, cultivation, propagation and harvesting and then looks at its cosmetic, medicinal and culinary uses, with over 100 delicious recipes. Bob shares his practical knowledge and expertise from over 20 years of organic fruit growing, making this the definitive guide - perfect for cultivating nutritious and juicy varieties all year round in the backyard, garden, glasshouse and kitchen.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a truly excellent book. Each fruit is given good coverage, with recommendations as to variety and culture advice. It is also extensive in the range of fruits which are covered. There's even a few recipes thrown in. If you want to grow any sort of fruit then go for this book.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Purchased several books about fruit growing and found RHS Guide more detailed and better planned out.Big fan of Bob's so slightly dissappointed.His book on companion planting however is excellent, a must for the organic grower.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Have had this book a while now and although it's nice to look at and seems to cover most of the fruit varieties a gardener would like to grow, it is very lacking in the detail I would have thought a book with the term "complete" in the title ought to cover. For example, the pest and disease information for each fruit is extremely limited: simply a short paragraph with very little information. If you are trying to discover what is wrong with your fruit trees then don't bother looking here. I had to search the internet to discover that the orange spots on my pear tree were (rust) in spite of owning this book. Apparently it's a fairly common problem with pears but wasn't even mentioned in Bob's book. In future I'll stick with my trusty "Fruit Expert" by Dr D G Hessayon. It may not look so pretty, but really is more of a complete guide than this book.
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