or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
or
Amazon Prime free trial required. Sign up when you check out. Learn more
More Buying Choices
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
or
Get a £0.55 Amazon.co.uk Gift Card
Fruit (River Cottage Handbook No. 9)
 
See larger image
 
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Fruit (River Cottage Handbook No. 9) [Hardcover]

Mark Diacono , Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.39 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £6.60 (44%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.
Want guaranteed delivery by Wednesday, May 30? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
Trade In this Item for up to £0.55
Trade in Fruit (River Cottage Handbook No. 9) for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £0.55, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Plus, get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.

Special Offers and Product Promotions


Frequently Bought Together

Fruit (River Cottage Handbook No. 9) + Herbs (River Cottage Handbook) + Veg Patch: River Cottage Handbook No.4
Price For All Three: £25.17

Show availability and delivery details

Buy the selected items together


Product details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; 1st edition (1 Aug 2011)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1408808811
  • ISBN-13: 978-1408808818
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,174 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mark Diacono,
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.

Visit Amazon's Mark Diacono, Page

Product Description

Product Description

Growing fruit at home is a delicious and altogether more enjoyable alternative to buying it in the shops. Mark Diacono offers a practical and accessible guide to making the most of your garden and what it has to offer. The first part of the book is an A-Z of the different varieties of fruit, with old favourites like apples, cherries, plums, blackcurrants, white currants, redcurrants, strawberries, blueberries, gooseberries, raspberries and rhubarb as well as more exotic species like figs, grapes, cranberries, Japanese wine berries and apricots. Each is accompanied by a photograph, with detailed advice on when and how to grow and harvest. In the second part of the book, Mark gives straightforward guidelines on techniques like pruning and training, as well as how to deal with problems or pests. There is a section dedicated to growing under covers and in containers. Introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and with 30 delicious recipes, beautiful, full-colour photographs and a directory of useful addresses, this is the ideal reference for any aspiring fruit grower.

About the Author

A smallholder and writer, Mark Diacono is known for his commitment to sustainable, ethically produced food. Mark leads the Garden Team at Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage - running the garden courses, giving talks and hosting events at River Cottage HQ and appearing in the River Cottage TV series. As well as having a unique take on growing your own food, Mark champions climate change growing, an approach to producing food that takes sustainable advantage of the new weather conditions; Otter Farm, his smallholding in East Devon, has become famous as home to the UK's first olive grove. Mark's book Veg Patch: River Cottage Handbook Number 4 was named Practical Book of the Year at the Garden Media Guild Awards 2009 and A Taste of the Unexpected won the Guild of Food Writers' Book of the Year 2011.

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 

Your tags: Add your first tag
 

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?


Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
34 of 35 people found the following review helpful
Fruit for thought? 1 Aug 2011
Format:Hardcover
I have purchased all the River Cottage handbooks. For me, personally, this was somewhat of a disappointment but that doesn't mean that it would be for other readers. I find it light on detailed growing techniques for the various fruits and also on preservation and storage techniques. Again, this is a personal view. I do not think that it is the most helpful of books for someone planning to grow their own fruit - as I have done for many many years. That said, one is never too old to learn and on browsing through the book I have found some new ideas and fresh slants on things. I'm not saying don't buy it, but I am saying it may not be the only book that you need if you want to learn about growing your own fruit.
Was this review helpful to you?
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Jane Bookbrowser 18 Sep 2011
Format:Hardcover
My introduction to the work of Mark Diacono was "A taste of the unexpected", which I have enjoyed and will find very useful. Next I bought Veg Patch No. 4 in the River Cottage Handbook series which again I found a valuable addition to my bookcase. The chance to buy "Fruit" by the same author was too good to miss. Following the same formula as the others in the series it is well set out, nicely illustrated and gives useful charts such as the suitable companion plants. The recipes look really yummy.
Certainly a book worth owning.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Great item 7 Oct 2011
By bex
Format:Hardcover
Brillant book, informative and fun to read. laid out in a way thats easy to refer back to. Have the set and would recommend.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?

Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 

Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   


Listmania!


Look for similar items by category


Look for similar items by subject







i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback


Amazon.co.uk Privacy Statement Amazon.co.uk Delivery Information Amazon.co.uk Returns & Exchanges