Growing Fruits: Nature's Desserts

21st-Century Gardening

by Lee Reich (Editor)

Fruits that you grow yourself can ripen on the plant until they're bursting with ambrosial juices. Here's everything you need to start your backyard orchard, including tips on growing scrumptious apples and pears, peaches, cherries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and grapes, as well as rarely-grown and ornamental fruits.

111 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1996

About the author

Lee Reich, PhD is an avid farmdener (more than a gardener, less than a farmer) with graduate degrees in soil science and horticulture. After working in plant and soil research with the USDA and Cornell University, he shifted gears and turned to writing, lecturing, and consulting.

He writes regularly for a number of gardening magazines and his syndicated gardening column for Associated Press appears biweekly from coast to coast.

His farmden has been featured in such publications as the New York Times and Martha Stewart Living, has won awards from National Gardening and Organic Gardening magazines, and has been included in “Open Days” tours of the Garden Conservancy.

Reviews

[Joanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE resource on growing fruits. Packs a lot of information into a very small paperback. Includes information on choosing varieties, as well as glowing, luscious descriptions of all the many different fruits. Clearly the authors are very fond of fruit!