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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Indespensible reference for midwestern growers,
By "steve-xwzx" (Nerstrand, MN USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Growing Fruit in the Upper Midwest (Paperback)
Home and commercial growers in the Upper Midwest (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and the Dakotas) face major challenges in getting steady crops of quality fruit. Tree fruits, berries, and the like are better adapted to warmer areas. Most commercially available cultivars are not well adapted to the cold climate in and around Minnesota.In this volume, Gordon combines the history of fruit growing in the area, basics of culture, and hardiness history of major varieties. This last piece of information is not available in any other source I have seen and by itself is worth more than the purchase price of the book to anyone contemplating a new planting of fruit trees, vines, or bushes. Hardiness information is broken down by regions within each state, providing a more detailed look at the winter survival characteristics than can be gained by USDA hardiness zones alone. In addition, Gordon provides some interesting historical ancedotes and cultural information. The cultural recommendations are the same as for other parts of the country, by and large, but the information is useful to the beginner.
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This review is from: Growing Fruit in the Upper Midwest (Paperback)
This is a horrible little book that borrows material liberally from Cooperative Extension bulletins from Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. You would be far better off to purchase or download the original materials from the websites of these states than to purchase this book if for no other reason that the Cooperative Extension Bulletins are updated regularly while this book is now horribly out of date.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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My copy was a little outdated, but great info,
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I think that there is a neweer edition. Valuable resource if you want to grow in the region covered.
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everbearing cultivar, outgrow the leader, new primocanes, bareroot stock, hybrid plums, strawberry diseases, fruit cultivars, medium vigor, scaffold branches, fresh eating, other brambles, pear culture, renewal spurs, fruit breeding, dormant pruning, infected canes, strawberry cultivars, early spring before growth, purple raspberries, dwarfing rootstocks, strawberry production, pear cultivars, yellow raspberries, good cultural practices, large red fruit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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everbearing cultivar, outgrow the leader, new primocanes, bareroot stock, hybrid plums, strawberry diseases, fruit cultivars, medium vigor, scaffold branches, fresh eating, other brambles, pear culture, renewal spurs, fruit breeding, dormant pruning, infected canes, strawberry cultivars, early spring before growth, purple raspberries, dwarfing rootstocks, strawberry production, pear cultivars, yellow raspberries, good cultural practices, large red fruit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Upper Midwest, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, United States, University of Minnesota Ext, University of Wisconsin Coop, Iowa Minn, Iowa State University Coop, New Jersey, Fact Sheet, Golden Delicious, North America, Agricultural Handbook, Farmer's Bulletin, Michigan State University Coop, Purdue University Press, University of California Press, Purdue University Coop, New Brunswick, Insect Pollination of Cultivated Crop Plants, Connell Red, Yearbook of Agriculture, Minnesota Horticulturist, Red Delicious New!
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- The Midwest Fruit and Vegetable Book. Wisconsin Edition. (Midwest Fruit and Vegetables) by James A. Fizzell in Back Matter
- The Midwest Fruit and Vegetable Book. Missouri Edition. (Midwest Fruit and Vegetables) by James A. Fizzell in Back Matter
- The Midwest Fruit and Vegetable Book: Iowa by James A. Fizzell in Back Matter
- The Midwest Fruit and Vegetable Book. Illinois Edition. (Midwest Fruit and Vegetables) by James A. Fizzell in Back Matter
- The Midwest Fruit and Vegetable Book. Minnesota Edition. (Midwest Fruit and Vegetables) by James A. Fizzell in Back Matter
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