Soft Fruit: Modern Methods of Commercial Growing and Marketing for Processing, the Fresh Fruit Market, and Retail Sales |
Contents
PREFACE | 13 |
FOREWORD | 15 |
PART ONE BACKGROUND TO THE INDUSTRY 1 FACTS AND FIGURES | 17 |
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