
Growing Berries and Currants
A Directory of Varieties and How to Cultivate Them Successfully
Lorenz Books (Publisher)
Published on 30. September 2015
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-0-7548-3095-5 (ISBN)
Description
There is nothing quite like growing your own strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, cranberries and currants to provide a reliable crop of the finest taste and quality. In this informative kitchen garden handbook, all the most popular soft fruits are illustrated, with useful information on their origins, growing habits, nutritional content and culinary uses. A techniques section explains how to train and support fruit bushes, pruning, sheltering plants from the weather and harvesting and storing crops. Whether you have a large kitchen garden, a small garden plot with some space in the borders, or room for a few containers, this book is a must for all fruit growers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Anness Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7548-3095-5 (9780754830955)
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Richard Bird is an author on gardens and plants, and has written nearly 30 books on kitchen gardening, fruit trees, vegetable gardens, topiary and pruning. Kate Whiteman has edited books for chefs such as the Roux brothers, Raymond Blanc and Pierre Koffman,and is the author of The World Encyclopedia of Fruit.