Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61548 in Books
• Published on: 1995-01-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 250 pages

Review
"This little gem is the finest single source of fruit growing information published to date...very comprehensive..." -Pomona, newsletter of the North American Fruit Explorers

Customer Reviews

What a great place to start
This was the first book I purchased when I decided to plant a few fruit trees in my yard. Every book I have purchased since has failed to provide any new information. Save your money and buy only this book. It has everything you need to know in an easy to read format.

A helpful guide for anyone with an orchard
This guide has helped my husband and I correctly plant and maintain our peach and apricot trees. It's easy to follow and has many helpful hints for the novice orchardist.

Ars Fruiteca
In the words of the famous poet Archibald MacLeish, "An orchard should be palpable and mute as a globed fruit. Dumb as old medallions to the thumb. Silent as a sleeve-worn stone". In Stella Otto's superb orchard bible, her life's work truly takes on a new meaning as she explores the roots and branches of modern day fruit tree keeping.
"Twig by twig the night entangled trees"... Archibald's infamous words come to mind as the reader experiences Otto's in-depth and detailed pruning techniques that are vividly described with full page color photos from her own garden. This book inspires the green thumb in all of us.