Crisp apples, tart lemons, lush figs, tender peaches-imagine the bounty of a late-summer farmer's market, right in your backyard! Learning how to plant and care for fruit trees is a desirable, accessible activity for a wide range of people. It's a natural extension of many gardeners' repertoires, and the investment yields generations of results. Growing your own fruit ensures a fresh, delicious, abundant harvest for your family and friends for years...

Whether you have a tiny balcony or a huge field, it's never been easier to grow and cook your own orchard fruits. Sharing essential cultivation advice from the common apple to sweet cherries, Orchard also explores more unusual orchard fruits, including medlars, quinces, and mulberries. Accompanied by a range of delicious recipes such as clafoutis, Adam and Eve's pudding and a classic apple pie, this book is a timely celebration of the tree fruit and...

Make the right cut every time and maximize your fruit production-covers over forty varieties of trees from apples to almonds and plums to pomegranates. Note: If you would like to see the Echo Point paperback version of How to Prune Fruit Trees, please search ISBN 1626549540. While the act of pruning is simple enough, knowing where and when to prune can confound even experienced gardeners. For more than half a century, Robert Sanford Martin's...

Extrait : "1. Un arbre est le produit d'une graine. La graine est la partie du fruit qui renferme les éléments de la reproduction d'un nouveau végétal semblable à celui dont elle provient. Elle est constituée de deux parties : 1° l'amande ; 2° les enveloppes qui la recouvrent." À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN : Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de grands classiques de la littérature ainsi que des livres rares, dans...

"The first thing to do about starting an orchard is to plan for it," Jacob Biggle, the author of this handy little book, advises. "Put on your thinking-cap, study into the matter, and do not jump in the dark. A slow start is much better than a poor start. Harriet says that an orchard set in the right place, at the right time and of the right varieties, is worth just eleven times more than a hit-or-miss orchard. Where she secured the data for such...