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This text provides information on the wide variety of fruit cultivation which is found throughout the temperate and subtropical regions of the world. This encompasses both large scale commercial operations and the activities of amateur gardeners. It is in two parts, the first examines the worldwide distribution of fruit, the effect of climate and the principles and general practices of fruit growing. In the second part, details covering all aspects of specific types of fruit are given. Written by leading experts with many years experience of researching and teaching horticulture, plant pathology, entomology and agricultural engineering, this book is reading for commercial fruit growers, students and lecturers in horticulture, and also amateurs. It should serve as a basic undergraduate text in pomology.

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Contributors from horticulture, plant physiology and pathology, and agricultural engineering provide basic information to commercial fruit growers, horticulturists, and amateur fruit growers. Their treatment can also serve as a text for a basic undergraduate course in pomology. They examine the worldwide distribution of fruit, the effect of climate, and the principles and general practices of fruit growing; then detail aspects of specific types of fruit. --SciTech Book News

Contributors from horticulture, plant physiology and pathology, and agricultural engineering provide basic information to commercial fruit growers, horticulturists, and amateur fruit growers. Their treatment can also serve as a text for a basic undergraduate course in pomology. They examine the worldwide distribution of fruit, the effect of climate, and the principles and general practices of fruit growing; then detail aspects of specific types of fruit. --SciTech Book News<br>

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