Storey's Guide to Growing Organic Orchard Fruits: Market or Home Production Site & Crop Selection Planting, Care & Harvesting Business Basics

by Danny L. Barney

Danny Barney covers everything you need to know to successfully grow and market your own organic orchard fruits. Offering expert tips on selecting the right site, choosing the best cultivars, designing and maintaining a sustainable orchard, and efficiently harvesting fruit, Barney also helps you develop a viable business plan, acquire necessary organic certifications, and identify niche markets for your products.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

543 pages, Hardcover

First published February 26, 2013

About the author

Dr. Danny L. Barney is a horticulture specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Previously, he was a professor of horticulture and an extension specialist at the University of Idaho. His hands-on research and production experience includes apples, sweet and tart cherries, peaches, pears, plums, and small fruits and berries. He teaches workshops on tree fruit and small fruit production, as well as organic farming and gardening. He is the author of "Storey’s Guide to Growing Organic Orchard Fruits." He lives in Ames, Iowa.

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very informative book. I learned a lot of interesting things about commercial orchards as well as some useful things for the fruit trees in my yard.

The author says it's appropriate for home growers as well as commercial growers, but the majority of the information was geared towards commercial growers. In addition, the sections within chapters that were appropriate for home growers were not clearly labeled as such, so I had to slog through the information intended for commercial growers to get to what I needed.

[Mike Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5