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Fruits of Warm Climates

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This excellent book written by the late Dr. Julia Morton is one of the most comprehensive works ever written about tropical fruits. It includes sections on history, fruit cultivation practices including propagation,nutritional studies and cultivars among others. It truly is the "bible" of rare fruit cultivation. Also,hundreds of photographs. My highest recommendation.

This is THE bible of tropical fruit growers, containing information about rare fruit trees--how to propagate, grow, and eat them, and more. I compare it to the Sunset Garden Guide but instead for tropical fruits, but much more detailed. A must have for the rare fruit/tropical fruit person!

THOROUGHLY DISCRIPTIVE, A MUST FOR ANYONE INTERESTED IN GROWING FRUITS AND VEGITABLE FROM THE CARIBBEAN IN SOUTH FLORIDA. IT GIVES THE BOTANY NAMES, THE LOCAL NAMES AND A PICTURE OF THE PLANTS , HOW TO CULTIVATE THEM AND THEIR NUTRITIONAL VALUE.

This book is a real wonder book for any fruit lover who wants to do more than just plant fruit trees.

However, I am unable to understand why the price has almost doubled in just a few months. I really wnated to give one to a friend as a gift, but now i have to rethink that.

Denise

This is quite simply the best and most comprehensive book on this subject of any date. It has all the detail to satisfy the specialist in need of expert advice and the general reader who is curious about the exotic fruit encountered on holiday. But is does have two slight drawbacks: it is now over 20 years out of date and the illustrations are often of poor quality, not doing justice to the content (understandable given that it seems to have been published privately). Moreover, some of the assesments reflect a slightly unhelpful North American perspective. But still worth every penny.

Everything one needs to know before investing in tropical fruits. All cultural and horticultal issuses are covered as well as other uses of the plants. Morton even covers related species and major nutritional values.

Fruits of Warm Climates will pay for itself on the first purchase of tropical crop germplasm.

I thougherly reccomend this book to anyone interested in fruit. It is so great it has heaps on cool info on all your favorite fruits (including the elusive Jack Fruit and the fantastical Banana rescently voted the worlds number one fruit by readers of fruit monthly, a subsidery of Fruit.com) Get this NOW!

THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WHOLE FRUIT ESPECIALLY THE ESTABLISHMENT CRETERIA, CULTIVARS AND ROOTSTOCKS, NUSERY PRACTICES, ORCHARD ESTABLISHMENT, PLANT PROTECTION, HARVEST AND POST-HARVEST HANDLING OF THE FRUIT, AND THE ECONOMY WORLD WIDE. I THINK IF I CAN GET MORE OF THIS INFORMATION I CAN BE SATISFIED ABOUT YOUR BOOK.

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