The Backyard Orchardist: A Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in the Home Garden
by Stella Otto
This book is a guide to growing
fruit trees in the home orchard. Chapters on site
selection, fertilizing, pruning, container growing, pests
and diseases, and harvest and storage are included, along
with chapters on specific crops: apples, pears, cherries,
plums, peaches, and others. In 248 pages, the author
provides detailed instructions on everything you keed to
know to produce fruit in your own backyard. The book is
especially good at introducing technical material to the
non-scientist. There’s a useful glossary, an index,
and a list of mail order nurseries.
