
A Guide to Soft Fruit Growing - The Strawberry
E. Gilbert(Author)
Read Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. March 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
28 pages
978-1-4465-3742-8 (ISBN)
Description
This antiquarian book comprises a concise and accessible guide to growing strawberries, with information on planting, manuring, pests, and more. This book will be of considerable utility to novice fruit growers with an interest in growing strawberries, and it would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. Although old, the information of contained in this guide is timeless, making it both a useful, practical guide, and an appealing volume for collectors of vintage literature. The chapters include: 'Introduction to Fruit Growing', 'Strawberries', 'Summer-Fruiting Strawberries', 'Soils', 'Preparation of the Bed', 'Buying Healthy Plants', 'Planting', 'Mulching and Manuring', 'Planting Distances', 'Cultivar', 'Perpetual-Fruiting (Remontant or Ever-Bearing) Strawberries', etcetera. We are republishing this antiquarian volume now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a new prefatory introduction on fruit growing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Alcester
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight
75 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4465-3742-8 (9781446537428)
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