Successful Berry Growing: How to Plant, Prune, Pick and Preserve Bush and Vine Fruits [Hardcover]

Gene Logsdon (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Press; 1st edition (1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878570896
• ISBN-13: 978-0878570898
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gene Logsdon farms in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. He is one of the clearest and most original voices of rural America. He has published more that a dozen books; his Chelsea Green books include Living at Nature's Pace, The Contrary Farmer's Invitation to Gardening, Good Spirits, and The Contrary Farmer.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Berry Good Book, April 27, 2005

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Erika Mitchell (E. Calais, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Successful Berry Growing: How to Plant, Prune, Pick and Preserve Bush and Vine Fruits (Hardcover)

This book provides invaluable information about growing berries and other small fruits. The information provided is geared to the family or small-scale market gardener. The main fruits covered in this book are strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, grapes, currants and gooseberries, cranberries, elderberries, and mulberries. Lesser known fruits such as huckleberries, choke cherries, and wine berries are also mentioned. For each of the main fruits, Logsdon begins by providing information to help the gardener choose between varieties, and he suggests specific varieties suited for growing in the North, South, East and West. He also explains how to prepare for planting, and how to mulch, prune, and maintain the plants. He also discusses common problems gardeners may have with these fruits, such as diseases or insects, and suggests ways to avoid these problems. Although Logsdon does not take a strictly organic approach, he encourages gardeners to avoid the use of poisons whenever possible, and presents numerous alternatives that should make spraying unnecessary for most fruits. The book is amply illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings and there is an index.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This guy knows how to write!, April 15, 2009

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Nicole G. Ingram (Portland,OR) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Successful Berry Growing: How to Plant, Prune, Pick and Preserve Bush and Vine Fruits (Hardcover)

I picked this baby up at the library expecting it to be a dull read-full of horniculural science. I have somewhat of a short attention span. I found it to be relevant, humorous and entertaining. I am following his advice on how to grow strawberries as I have cross-referenced his information with more modern resources and I am pleased with my research. I intend to purchase my own copy for my budding gardening library.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Growing Berries, June 1, 2009

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R. Mozeleski (Maine United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Successful Berry Growing: How to Plant, Prune, Pick and Preserve Bush and Vine Fruits (Hardcover)

this by far is the best book on growing better that i have ever read. I had got it at the library and realized I needed it as reference.
Has good information and lots of ideas and they work.