The Fruit Gardener's Bible

Bring the mouth-watering deliciousness of fresh fruit into your garden. Enjoy bushels of crispy apples and baskets of juicy blueberries from your own backyard. Whether you're interested in planting a blueberry patch or a small apple orchard, adding a nut tree to your yard or incorporating raspberry brambles into your landscape, The Fruit Gardener's Bible is your complete resource. Covering everything from pollination to pruning, Lewis Hill and Leonard Perry guide you through every satisfying step of planting and harvesting fruit.

A perfect companion to the popular book, The Vegetable Gardener's Bible.

Softback. 320 pages. Storey Publishing 2011.

Readers can use the book to compare fruit types, plan site preparation, understand pruning and training, and organize seasonal care. Variety performance depends on winter chill, heat, pollination, disease pressure, and local soil, so verify recommendations with regional extension resources before planting. Match every tree or berry to a suitable climate and provide compatible pollinizers where the selected cultivar requires them.

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