The Fruit Gardener's Bible - by Lewis Hill & Leonard Perry (Paperback)

About the Book

Fruits, berries, and nuts are an exciting way for food gardeners to expand their homegrown harvest with new produce. "The Fruit Gardener's Bible" is the complete reference on every aspect of planting, growing, caring for, and harvesting these nutritious, delicious plants.

Book Synopsis

Sweeten the growing season with this comprehensive guide to incorporating productive fruiting plants into the garden landscape.

Enjoy bushels of crispy apples and baskets of juicy blueberries from your own backyard. Authors Lewis Hill and Leonard Perry provide everything you need to know to successfully grow delicious organic fruit at home, from choosing the best varieties for your area to planting, pruning, and harvesting a bountiful crop. With tips on cultivating strawberries, raspberries, grapes, pears, peaches, and more, this essential reference guide will inspire year after year of abundantly fruitful gardening.

Learn the best ways to grow:

• Strawberries
• Raspberries and Blackberries
• Blueberries
• Ribes, Elderberries, and Other Bush Fruits
• Grapes
• Tree Fruits & Nuts
• Apples and Crab Apples
• Pears
• Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots
• Cherries, Sweet and Sour
• and more

From the Back Cover

Juicy, Ripe, Nutritious, and Grown in Your Own Backyard

Bring the mouth-watering deliciousness of fresh fruit into your garden. Whether you're interested in planting a blueberry patch or a small apple orchard, adding a nut tree to your yard or incorporating raspberry brambles into your landscape, The Fruit Gardener's Bible is your complete resource. Covering everything from pollination to pruning, Lewis Hill and Leonard Perry guide you through every step of planting and harvesting fruit.

About the Author

The late Lewis Hill, a beloved and best-selling Storey author, grew more than 20,000 trees on his farm in Greensboro, Vermont. He was also a member of the National Christmas Tree Association and the New Hampshire-Vermont Christmas Tree Association.

Dr. Leonard Perry is an Extension professor at the University of Vermont.