Growing Fruits: Nature’s Desserts

Fruits that you grow yourself can ripen on the plant until they're bursting with ambrosial juices. This great guide covers strawberries, blueberries, apples, peaches, pears, apricots, raspberries, grapes, and offbeat and unusual fruits.
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  • Sweet Rewards, by Lee Reich
  • Getting Started: Fruit Garden Basics, by Lee Reich
  • Ten Steps to Pest-Free Fruits, by Sally Roth
  • Pome Fruits: Apples & Pears, by Ed Fackler
  • Stone Fruits: Peaches, Plums, Apricots, Nectarines & Cherries, by David Cain
  • Strawberries: The First Fruit of Spring, by Marvin P. Pritts
  • Blueberries: Flowers, Fruits & Fiery Foliage, by Daniel Hartmann
  • Brambles: Raspberries & Blackberries, by Paul M. Otten
  • Grapes: The Versatile Vine, by Lon J. Rombough
  • Offbeat and Unusual Fruits: Branching Out, by Lee Reich
  • Ornamental Fruits: Pleasing the Eye & the Mouth, by Robert Kourik
  • Glossary
  • Nursery Sources
  • Further Reading
  • Hardiness Zone Map
  • Contributors


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