Effective fruit production requires general knowledge of fruit husbandry such as nutrition, propagation, pruning and training, effects of climate and crop protection as well as specific cultivation techniques for each fruit. Fully revised and expanded to include organic fruit production, this new edition provides a thorough introduction to the cultivation of fruit found throughout the temperate and subtropical regions of the world.
Part I General Points on Fruit Husbandry
1 The Distribution of Fruits
2 Climate and Fruit Plants
3 Morphology and Growth of Woody Plants
4 Flowers and Fruit
5 Pruning and Training
6 Pruning and Training of Other Fruits
7 Producing and Marketing Quality Fruit
8 Use of Bioregulators in Fruit Production
9 Soils, Nutrients and Water
10 Crop Protection
11 Propagation of Fruit Plants
12 Machinery for Fruit Growing
Part II Cultivation of Specific Fruits
13 Stonefruit
14 Pome Fruits
15 Grapes
16 Berry Fruit
17 Citrus
18 Kiwifruit
19 Subtropical Fruit
20 Miscellaneous Fruit Crops
21 Edible Nuts
D Jackson, Retired, formerly Lincoln University, New Zealand,
N Looney, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Canada,
M Morley-Bunker, Lecturer, Lincoln University, New Zealand,
G Thiele, Retired Associate Professor, Formerly Lincoln University, New Zealand