Backyard Fruits and Berries: Everything You Need to Know about Planting and Growing Fruits and Berries in Your Own Backyard [Hardcover]

Miranda Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2001

Offering practical tips on every phase of successful fruit growing, plus comprehensive pest and disease coverage, this book introduces gardeners to the wonderful world of small-scale fuit growing. Includes a complete, illustrated fruit directory. 150 color illustrations. 100 color photos.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: BookSales Inc (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785813233
• ISBN-13: 978-0785813231
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,493,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good beginners guide., May 25, 1999

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This review is from: Backyard Fruits and Berries: Everything You Need to Know About Planting and Growing Fruits and Berries in Your Own Backyard (Hardcover)

This book is well organized and pleasing to read. The encyclopedia section is very informative as to ease of care, suitability for containers, recommended varieties, etc. There is also a good section on pruning and training of trees, which is the scariest part of growing fruit, in my opinion! A very good primer for the beginner!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, December 26, 2005

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Kathy "Kathy" (Westminster, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Backyard Fruits and Berries: Everything You Need to Know about Planting and Growing Fruits and Berries in Your Own Backyard (Hardcover)

I've bought a few other books on backyard orchards and have been disappointed. I found this book at the library and it's the best I've seen. The other books made pruning seem very intimidating so I've been putting it off. After reading this book, I feel like I'm ready to give it a try. It covers all the fruits that interest me, even oddballs like currants and persimmons. The book contains all the things a beginner needs to know such as solving pest problems (insect, disease and animal), how/where to plant, pruning and a number of other subjects. The chapters are arranged in a logical sequence and the book is very easy to read. The second half of the book is devoted to the different fruits. Fruits are arranged alphabetically and there is anywhere from one to four pages devoted to each one. Even though this may not sound like much, each page is nicely arranged and gives a wealth of information. I especially like the handy symbols on the outer edges of each fruit page. For example, one very handy symbol is "attention required". One gardening glove means it's easy to grow, two gloves means some attention is required, three means moderately difficult and four means the plant is demanding. I've had a rough time with my peach tree and sure enough, the book gives peaches four gloves (demanding). Wish I had read this book before I started planting my orchard. I plan to buy a copy of this book for use as a reference.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative!, December 21, 2003

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D. Ross (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Backyard Fruits and Berries: Everything You Need to Know About Planting and Growing Fruits and Berries in Your Own Backyard (Hardcover)

I bought this book as a gift but when I recieved it, I loved it so much that I wanted to keep it for my husband! Lots of information with pictures to help you with the various diseases fruit trees get. I would definately recommend this book.