Product Description

320 two-color illustrations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24178 in Books
• Published on: 1999-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781840001532
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Publisher
Produced in association with the Royal Horticultural Society, the titles in this series, which have sold over a million copies worldwide, have become standard works of practical gardening reference. Each book is illustrated with easy-to-follow, step-by-step illustrations that clearly guide the reader through all the essential techniques of successful gardening. Series editor Christopher Brickell, former Director General of the RHS, heads a highly distinguished team of experts in creating this invaluable library of practical gardening books.

Customer Reviews

Detailed and lucid
I have an extensive home orchard with 56 trees (18 varietals) of fruit and nut trees. This little volume covered everything I needed in a short, erudite and amazingly well-detailed volume. I live in the Southeastern US and this book was spot on everything from blueberries to stone fruits and pears and apples, (not to mention Walnuts and Filberts). It covers everything from soil preparation, pruning, fertilization, pests and diseases, propagation, healing-in, ad infinitum. I have nearly every book available on fruit and nut production for the home orchard. This is the best one I own by leaps and bounds.

Growing Fruit (RHS Encyclopedia of Practical Gardening) by Harry Baker
I am very glad I purchased this book before I started planting my fruit trees. I did not realize what needed to be done, for best results, before the trees were planted. I also got a better idea of the size fruit trees I needed for our use. The book is very informative. I look forward to studying it during the summer and, hopefully, starting the planting of trees in late fall when everything is prepared. It is a little complicated to follow and I found I needed real quiet to get the details lined out. I had to take many notes in order get everything into a easy format to follow.

On time and good book
This is an informative book without being boring. Lots of diagrams. The book is laid out well and it's easy to find the information.