The Backyard Berry Book: A Hands-on Guide to Growing Berries, Brambles, and Vine Fruit in the Home Garden

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OttoGraphics, 1995 - Gardening - 284 pages
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Here's hands-on advice from a professional horticulturist and experienced fruit grower to help gardeners create an edible landscape. The Backyard Berry Book provided all the information that backyard gardeners need to grow strawberries, rhubarb, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, lingonberries, currants, gooseberries, grapes, and kiwi fruit. Includes details on soil nutrition and testing; disease, pest, weed, and bird control; and trellis design. A trouble-shooting section and seasonal activity calendar will help ensure success.

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Contents

List of illustrations charts
xi
Selecting the Right Site
17
List of Illustrations Figure Fruit Best Suited to Different Regions of the United States
18
Copyright

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acid aphids applied areas beetle beneficial insects Black currants black raspberry blackberries blossoms blueberries brambles bunch grapes bush canes chapter chemical climates clusters cold color compost cover crops currants and gooseberries damage day neutral develop disease resistant dormant early spring everbearing feed feet fertilizer Figure floricanes flower frost fruit buds fruit garden fungus fungus diseases gooseberries grape varieties growers growing season grown growth hardy harvest highbush home garden inches jostaberry June bearing kiwifruit larvae late leaf leaves lingonberry mature Midseason mildew moisture mulch muscadine muscadine grape nematodes nitrogen nursery nutrients organic matter pest control pesticides pick pollination potassium pounds predators primocanes problem produce pruning purple raspberries Rabbiteye blueberries red raspberries remove require rhubarb ripe ripen roots selected shoot soil pH species spray stalks strawberries susceptible symptoms temperatures tissue trellis trunk typically usually vigorous vine virus weeds wine winter wire yellow

About the author (1995)

Stella Otto got her first taste for fruit growing during annual family outings to the U-pick orchards of western Massachusetts. Following receipt of a B.S. in horticulture from Michigan State University, she worked at one of largest tree fruit nurseries in the U.S and a major tart cherry orchard near Traverse City, MI, before she and her husband eventually started their own diversified fruit farm in northern Michigan. Stella has authored two books, the award-winning The Backyard Orchardist, and The Backyard Berry Book. She has written freelance articles for numerous magazines, appeared on the Discovery Channel, and been interviewed on NPR and other gardening radio programs. Stella presently cultivates a fruitful family garden and enjoys her horses on a 10-acre homestead in northern Michigan. She can also be found cultivating fruit gardening information on her blog The Backyard Fruit Gardener at www.stellaotto.com.

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TitleThe Backyard Berry Book: A Hands-on Guide to Growing Berries, Brambles, and Vine Fruit in the Home Garden
AuthorStella Otto
Editionillustrated
PublisherOttoGraphics, 1995
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedSep 18, 2010
ISBN0963452061, 9780963452061
Length284 pages
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