Fruit and Nut Production  by Brenda Olcott-Reid and William Reid, 2007  ISBN 978-1-58874-575-0  List Price $56.80

Chapters of this exhaustive reference book cover:
 

•  Choosing Types of Fruits and Nuts,        Cultivars and Rootstocks  •  Site Selection and Preparation •  Establishing New Plantings •  Training and Pruning  •  Groundcovers, Mulches and Weed Control •  Mineral Nutrition and Fertilizers •  Irrigation  •  Preventing Winter and Frost Damage •  Managing Pest Arthropods, Diseases,         Mammals and Birds •  Pollination, Fruit Thinning and Growth Regulators •  Harvesting, Storage, Processing and Marketing •  Strawberries  •  Raspberries and Blackberries •  Bunch and Muscadine Grapes

•  Cranberries, Blueberries and Ligonberries  •  Apples and Crabapples  •  European and Asian Pears  •  Peaches and Nectarines  •  Japanese, European and American Plums  •  Sweet and Tart Cherries  •  Apricots  •  Almonds and Pistachios  •  Walnuts  •  Pecans  •  Hazelnuts and Chestnuts •  Figs and Mulberries  •  Persimmons and Pawpaws  •  Saskatoons and Mayhaws  •  Currants and Gooseberries  •  Rewards and Requirements of Home Fruit Growing

This book is designed for students, growers, researchers and extension workers who deal with perennial fruit and nut crops.  It emphasizes ecological and economical production methods and offers information about the use of fruit trees in home landscapes. Sections of this book include basics of fruit and nut production, small fruit production, tree fruit production, tree nut production, minor and experimental fruit crops, and home fruit growing.

Each author has a Ph.D. and has done extensive research in the field as well as taught in the college classroom.  Their practical experience is exemplified by Brenda’s ownership and management of a retail fruit operation that grows blackberries, raspberries, strawberries,
peaches, and apples. This book contains close to 600 pages of well researched and practical information.