Publisher's Synopsis
This book is essential reading for students and lecturers in horticulture. Edited by experts from Canada and New Zealand, this new edition provides a full update of the previous 1987 (Butterworths New Zealand) publication. With the addition of a coeditor from Canada, the book is now more balanced and applicable worldwide. It provides information on the wide variety of fruits and their cultivation, which are found throughout the temperate and subtropical regions of the world and encompasses both large scale commercial operations and the activities of amateur gardeners.This new edition: Is written by leading experts with many years experience of researching and teaching horticulture, plant physiology, pathology and agricultural engineering Would serve as a basic undergraduate text in pomology Is equally relevant to Northern and Southern hemispheres Includes comprehensive tables and key points for each specific fruit for easy reading.
