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The essential guide to growing all types of fruit. Everything you need to know about:
Choosing the best apples, pears and plums for your garden.
Planting and caring for tree fruit.
Buying and growing soft fruit.
Getting the best taste from your fruit.
How to prune.
Dealing with fruit problems and pests.
Shop-bought fruit.
Reliable, easy-to-follow advice and information from EXPERT books - the world's best-selling gardening series.
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Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Botanists know exactly what they mean when they talk about 'fruit'. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great book for any fruit growers.,
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This review is from: The Fruit Expert (Expert Series) (Paperback)
I have owned this book for several years. I have found it to be invaluable in the choosing and growing of many different fruits. It has extensive sections and reviews with colour pictures on choosing different varieties of apples pears, peaches etc. This includes some more unusual varieties as well as those more commonly available. The reviews are as useful in telling you what not to plant as what to plant. There are reasonable sections on pruning (but I think this is better done by the RHS Growing Fruit book.) The section on diseases and pests is also very good with clear illustrations for correct identification of problems.
In summary an excellent book particularly to help with choosing which varieties to plant, although the prunning sections are a little breif.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An essential gardening book,
By J. Duck "jduck1979 - http://jduck1979.co.uk" (nr Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Fruit Expert (Expert Series) (Paperback)
Dr D.G. Hessayon's gardening books are an absolute must own if you have a garden, or are about to get a garden, or don't own a garden but look after one for someone else, or just like reading about gardening. Gets straight to the point of telling you what you need to know.
This one is no exception, especially if you intend to grow more than just Trees, Flowers & Grass. Aside from having a pretty cover, it contains all you need to know to choose & grow: Apples, Pears, Plums & Gages, Cherries, Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Figs, Mulberries, Quinces, Strawberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Boysenberry, Dewberry, Hildaberry, Japanese Wineberry, Loganberry (and a few other berries you probably didn't know existed), Blackcurrants, Gooseberries, Red Currants, White Currants, Cranberries, Blueberries, Grapes, Melons & Kiwi Fruit. It also helps you identify various varieties of fruit, and also identify what's gone horribly wrong if your fruit develops a problem. It also has a section on shop bought fruits, with old favourites + some not many people know exist. There's also advice on various maintenance tasks, such as pruning. It doesn't contain advice on growing Rhubarb, if your looking for that......... it's on page 88 of the Vegetable and Herb Expert, which is an excellent partner to this book.
44 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Grow fruit in abundance with the help of this excellent book,
By Mr. A. C. Gilbert "thegilb" (Chatel sur Rolle, Switzerland) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Fruit Expert (Expert Series) (Paperback)
Once again, Hessayon comes up trumps with his simple, easy-to-follow and well-illustrated guide. There's everything you need to know about growing fruit, from the qualities of different varieties to planting and care.My particular favourite is the fruit troubles area, as the illustrations enable you to pinpoint exactly what problem you have and show you how to treat them. This book is a must for anyone starting out or wanting to reinject some life into an orchard or a fruit garden.
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