Overview

The sweet cherry is one of the most popular of temperate fruit crops with consumers and is grown commercially in more than 40 countries of the world, in temperate, Mediterranean, subtropical and arid regions of all continents. The sour cherry is cultivated in fewer countries, mainly in Europe and the USA, and is used mainly in processed cherry products. Until recently, horticultural improvement of cherries as a commercial crop has been slow, and major production problems such as bird damage, rain-induced cracking, and bacterial diseases, have remained. However, in the last 25 years, major developments have occurred. New improved varieties of sweet cherry have been bred which have larger fruit, are more disease resistant and set fruit more reliably. Improved sour cherry varieties have also been bred and mechanised systems of harvesting introduced. New dwarfing rootstocks are now being released. This book provides a comprehensive review of all of these topics, and many more. It covers all aspects of the botany, production and uses of sweet and sour cherries, and represents a definitive reference work for students and research workers in horticulture as well as professional fruit growers.

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Author:   A. Webster (Horticulture Research International, East Malling, UK) ,  Norman Looney (Formerly Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Canada) ,  Norman Looney (Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Canada) ,  Norman Looney (Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Canada)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.179kg
ISBN:  

9780851989365

ISBN 10:   0851989365
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   01 December 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction 1: The taxonomic classification of sweet and sour cherries and a brief history of their cultivation, A D Webster 2: World distribution of sweet and sour cherry production: national statistics, A D Webster and N E Looney Part Two: Plant Materials 3: Sweet cherry scions: characteristics of principal commercial cultivars, breeding objectives and methods, G Bargioni 4: Sour cherries cultivars: objectives and methods of fruit breeding and characteristics of principal commercial cultivars, A Iezzoni 5: Rootstocks for sweet and sour cherries, A D Webster and H Schmidt Part Three: Crop Physiology and Husbandry 6: Propagation of sweet and sour cherries, A D Webster 7: Selection of the orchard site, orchard planning and establishment, M Longstroth and R L Perry 8: Flowering , pollination and fruit set, M Thompson 9: Cherry nutrient requirements and water relations, E J Hanson and E L Proebsting 10: Tree canopy management and the orchard environment, principles and practices of pruning and training, J A Flore and C D Kesner 11: Principles and practice of plant bioregulator usage in cherry production, N E Looney 12: Rain-induced cracking of sweet cherries; its causes and prevention, J Vittrup Christensen Part Four: Crop Protection 13: Orchard floor vegetation management, E J Hogue and N E Looney 14: Cherry diseases: their prevention and control, G I Mink and A L Jones 15: Management and control of insect and mite pests of cherry, J F Brunner 16: Sweet cherries: protection of fruit from bird and rain damage, D Pennell and A D Webster Part Five: Harvesting, Handling and Utilization 17: Harvesting and handling of sweet cherries for the fresh market, N E Looney, A D Webster and E M Kupferman 18: Harvesting and handling sour and sweet cherries for processing, G K Brown and G Kollar 19: Cherry processing, K Kaack, S E Spayd and S R Drake 20: Index

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<br> Brings together a wealth of information on the cherry that will be of value for decades to come. --The Quarterly Review of Biology<p><br>

Brings together a wealth of information on the cherry that will be of value for decades to come. --The Quarterly Review of Biology<br>

""Brings together a wealth of information on the cherry that will be of value for decades to come.""--The Quarterly Review of Biology

Brings together a wealth of information on the cherry that will be of value for decades to come. --The Quarterly Review of Biology Brings together a wealth of information on the cherry that will be of value for decades to come. --The Quarterly Review of Biology Brings together a wealth of information on the cherry that will be of value for decades to come. --The Quarterly Review of Biology Brings together a wealth of information on the cherry that will be of value for decades to come. --The Quarterly Review of Biology

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was Head of the Pomology and Viticulture Section at Summerland for more than 15 years. His service to national and international horticultural science includes being Chair of the Fruit Section of the International Society for Horticultural Science (1994-2000), President of the Canadian Society for Horticultural Science (1997-99; CSHS Life Membership awarded in 2002), President of the 24th International Horticultural Congress (2002), and President of the International Society for Horticultural Science (2002-2010; awarded Fellow of ISHS in 2006). Dr. Looney is also a Fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science (1985). He owns and operates a peach orchard overlooking Okanagan Lake in interior British Columbia.

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