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Discovering Fruit and Nuts: A Comprehensive
Guide to the Cultivation, Uses and Health Benefits
of over 300 Food-Producing Plants
Susanna Lyle 2006
Produced in
Australia by the CSIRO, this massive book is an
inspiration for people to grow and try new foods.
It is an extensive guide to temperate and
subtropical fruit and nut plants. The A-Z guide
presents over 300 species with information on
cultivation and propagation, harvesting times and
yields, storing and using the produce and the most
popular varieties. There is particular emphasis on
the nutritional and health benefits of the fruit r
nut described. Within these main entries, there
are brief descriptions of over 250 similar
species, expanding the coverage of the book still
further. Illustrated with colour photos. 480pp
BD106 $80.00
Citrus A Guide to Organic Management,
Propagation, Pruning, Pest Control and Harvesting
Allen Gilbert 2007
A comprehensive
guide to the most popular backyard fruit tree,
covering the history of citrus, numerous
varieties, propagation, cultivation, pruning, pest
& disease control, harvesting & storing fruit.
With illustrations & colour photos, it is
informative, enjoyable & endlessly useful to the
citrus grower.167pp
BC119 $27.00
The Australian Fruit
and Vegetable
Garden
Clive Blazey
2006
This comprehensive
and practical Australian guide will help you to grow
the finest fruit and vegetables in your own
backyard. Specific climate and varieties are covered
so that your crop will be healthy, flavourful and
nutritious. HB 166pp
BA112 $40.00
Papaya (Pawpaw) The Medicine
Tree
Harald Tietze
Written by the author of Kombucha The Miracle
Fungus, contains recipes, medicinal
applications and details of the beneficial uses
for conditions from acne to weight loss. 104pp
BP106 $15.00
Just
Nuts
Allen Gilbert 2005
This book is a comprehensive guide to growing nuts
in Australia. It covers cultivation, harvesting
and use of almond, brazil nut, cashew, chestnut,
coconut, hazelnut, macadamia, pecan, pistachio and
walnut. It includes propagation and pruning and a
section on less well-known nuts such as bunya and
ginkgo.
Colour photos, 140 pp
BJ103 $27.00
All
About Apples
Allen Gilbert 2001
An excellent & comprehensive Australian guide to the
care & cultivation of organic apples. Learn about
pruning & management techniques to increase yield,
methods of grafting to grow multiple varieties on
one tree, pest & disease control & selection of
varieties. Suitable for home gardeners & small scale
orchardists. 154pp
BA103 $32.00
The
Complete Book of Fruit Growing in Australia
Louis Glowinski 1997
A
stunningly comprehensive look at over 200 nuts,
berries and fruits, it is a practical guide to
selection, culture, pest and disease control and
it contains many beautiful colour photographs
and illustrations. 382 pp
BC103 $55.00
Venture
into Viticulture – An Introduction to the
Principles and Practices of Viticulture
Tom Crossen 1997
Covers all the basics of commercial winegrape
growing, providing information on vineyard
establishment, irrigation, pruning, trellising,
soil management, nutrition, weed control, pests
and diseases, harvesting and vine improvement.
162 pp
BV102 $45.00
The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic
Viticulture
Lon Rombough 2002
(USA)
Grapes are one of
the most popular and widely grown fruit in the
world, delicious for eating fresh and as juice,
wine, jam and dried. This book provides all the
information you need to succeed with grapes:
from siting the vineyard, to pruning and
training; from improving your soil. 290pp
Now reduced from $60.00
BG115 $49.00
Food
Plants of the World: An Illustrated Guide
Ben-Erik van Wyk
2005 (USA)
A comprehensive
overview of the plants that provide us with
food, beverages, spices and flavours. It is
written in easy language but gives accurate
scientific information on the plants and their
uses. The book includes descriptions of more
than 350 food and flavour plants. For each of
the plants a description, origin, history,
cultivation, harvesting, properties and culinary
use is given. More than 1000 excellent full
colour photographs show the plant and the parts
used. 480 pp Hardback
Now reduced from $60.00
BF103 $50.00
Cornucopia II: A Source Book Of Edible Plants
Stephen Facciola (USA) 1999
We refer to this encyclopaedia and source book
for definitive information on edible food crops
of the world. Includes 3,000 species and 7,000
varieties of food plants and their uses by
presenting habitat and growing requirements, the
part of the plant used, methods of preparation,
and traditional uses. Invaluable reference for
gardeners, cooks and economic botanists. 715 pp
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