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You'll need an extra season to make best use of all the advice contained in this comprehensive, practical book. It will help you to choose your fruit trees and rootstocks, situate your orchard, prune your trees and keep them healthy. It is bursting with well-illustrated guidance, generously given from someone who knows orchards and cares about the wildlife that they can support. --Sue Clifford & Angela King - Common Ground
The Fruit Tree Handbook is a really well-organised, approachable yet thorough guide to sourcing, planting and caring for fruit trees. It's a must for anyone considering anything from a couple of trees to an orchard. --Mark Diacono - River Cottage Head Gardener
At last! A book about growing fruit with an organic approach, written for British conditions and with home fruit growers rather than professionals in mind. To my knowledge it s the first book that ticks all three boxes but, just as important, it s very good. --Patrick Whitefield - Permaculture Magazine
The Fruit Tree Handbook is a really well-organised, approachable yet thorough guide to sourcing, planting and caring for fruit trees. It's a must for anyone considering anything from a couple of trees to an orchard. --Mark Diacono - River Cottage Head Gardener
At last! A book about growing fruit with an organic approach, written for British conditions and with home fruit growers rather than professionals in mind. To my knowledge it s the first book that ticks all three boxes but, just as important, it s very good. --Patrick Whitefield - Permaculture Magazine
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"You'll need an extra season to make best use of all the advice contained in this comprehensive, practical book. It will help you to choose your fruit trees and rootstocks, situate your orchard, prune your trees and keep them healthy. It is bursting with well-illustrated guidance, generously given from someone who knows orchards and cares about the wildlife that they can support." Sue Clifford & Angela King - Common Ground " The Fruit Tree Handbook is a really well-organised, approachable yet thorough guide to sourcing, planting and caring for fruit trees. It's a must for anyone considering anything from a couple of trees to an orchard." Mark Diacono - River Cottage Head Gardener "If you've ever thought about turning an unproductive grassy area into an orchard and then quietly filed it away under 'wouldn't know where to start', it may be time for a rethink. The Fruit Tree Handbook is fairly hefty for a paperback but fruit growing is a big topic and deserves the space. All too often 'top fruit' [apples, pears, plums etc] is relegated to a couple of chapters in a general fruit book, losing out to the easy virtues of strawberries and other soft fruit. Given such cramped conditions, it's small wonder that people get confused about pollination so a well-written specialist book like this one is a welcome addition to my bookshelf." The Ecologist - October 2011 "No matter how small your garden, if you want to grow fruit, this guide will help you on your way with excellent photos and clear diagrams." Dobies of Devon "Whether you are planting a few trees in your garden or 50 trees in a field, you will find all you need to know to design and manage your own orchard." Devon Country Gardener - October 2011 "At last! A book about growing fruit with an organic approach, written for British conditions and with home fruit growers rather than professionals in mind. To my knowledge it's the first book that ticks all three boxes but, just as important, it's very good." Patrick Whitefield - Permaculture Magazine "An excellent book. Full of all sorts of useful information for lovers of fruit trees, from, lovely pictures and clear illustrations. It is beautifully laid out, simple to follow and good and accurate to read. Congratulations to you, Ben Pike and Green Books for a first rate book." Dorset Cider Blog "Brilliant work, beautifully presented." Allotment Blog
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
You may have other gardening books but this is so detailed and comprehensive for fruit trees its a must have, great value
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
An excellent book, very informative. i consider myself to be a novice, but find the explanations of quite complex ideas such as rootstock choice and polination partners explained clearly and concisely.
i would reccomend this to others.
i would reccomend this to others.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
We met the author at Brogdale Farm's apple weekend and bought his book after finding him really helpful and informative in conversation. His book is just as helpful and we have learned such a lot we didn't know. We didn't even know about polination or choosing the right rootstock.
This is the best fruit tree book we have ever found and it is just right if you are beginners like we are.
This is the best fruit tree book we have ever found and it is just right if you are beginners like we are.
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excellent guide
purchased this book as we've just bought a house with 12 fruit trees in the garden and we had no knowledge of how to look after them. they had also been neglected. Read more
Published 1 month ago by astraldeva
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This book is one that all gardeners should have. It takes the mystique out of pruning, gives clear instructions, photos and diagrams and tells you when, where, why, which and how... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mary B
easy to read and understand
We bought our house, Dart Villas, a couple of years ago and the garden was full of fruit trees. I didn't have a clue about pruning, but thanks to Mr Pike's book, I totally... Read more
Published 4 months ago by kim
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