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This updated guide explains all you need to know to grow healthy fruit trees – from designing your orchard and planting your trees to harvesting.
Now in its second edition, The Fruit Tree Handbook is filled with practical and clear guidance on how to cultivate apples, pears, plums, cherries, apricots, peaches and nectarines, as well as less common fruits such as mulberries, medlars and figs.
Written by orchard consultant Ben Pike, the book describes all the pest and disease problems you may encounter and advises on how to deal with them organically. Beautifully illustrated with photographs throughout, it reveals all you need to know about choosing rootstocks and suitable up-to-date varieties. It also illuminates the mysteries of pruning with step-by-step instructions and detailed diagrams.
Whether you are planting a few trees in your garden or planning a community orchard, this book provides the expert guidance you need to look after your trees – and be rewarded with basketfuls of luscious fruit at harvest time.
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Table of Contents
PART ONE: Preparation, planning and planting
The site of your orchard
Rootstocks
Pollination, flowering and fruit development
Choosing fruit trees
Planning your orchard
Buying and planting trees
Growing a sustainable container orchard
PART TWO: Fruit tree management
Caring for your trees
Pruning fruit trees
Problems of fruit trees
PART THREE: The fruits
Apples
Pears
Plums
Cherries
Peaches and nectarines
Apricots
Other fruits
PART FOUR: Traditional orchards
Restoring a neglected orchard
Community orchards
Glossary
Appendices
Resources
Product details
| Published | 06 May 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Pages | 336 |
| ISBN | 9781399420976 |
| Imprint | Green Books |
| Illustrations | Colour photos throughout |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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