Master the art of growing fruit.
From the world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this book introduces the best fruit to grow at home and teaches you how to cultivate each plant. With 12 easy and inspiring projects and beautiful botanical illustrations, this is part of the best-selling series of Kew Gardeners Guides, now available in paperback.
This fully and beautifully illustrated guide from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, gives you all the insight, knowledge and advice you will need to master all kinds of fruit growing.
Written by Kew expert, Kay Maguire, the book contains a full guide to each type of fruit, with tips on where to grow, planting, how to tend to them and the best tricks to get the most out of your crop. From citrus to berries, apples and figs to nuts and melons, all the most delicious fruits are covered in full detail.
The book also contains 12 practical projects for readers to follow along with at home, from planting a fig to making quince jelly, growing a melon from seed to making chestnut stuffing.
These projects will bring the wonderful world of fruit to life and produce confident, keen growers wanting to expand their experience of growing their own. Perfect for beginners or experienced gardeners alike.
This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles available: Guide to Growing House Plants, Guide to Growing Herbs, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Orchids, Guide to Growing Vegetables, Guide to Growing Roses, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing Cacti and Succulents, Guide to Growing Perennials, Guide to Growing Shrubs, Guide to Growing Alpines.
Introduction: growing fruit
plant types
top fruit
root stocks
soft fruit
need to know
garden planning
planting
training
pruning
Growing fruit in containers
TOP FRUIT
Citrus: Lemon (Citrus x limon)
Citrus: Orange (Citrus x aurantium)
Project 1 Growing citrus in a pot
Citrus: Kumquat (Citrus x japonica)
Citrus: Citron (Citrus medica)
Citrus: Meyer’s lemon (Citrus x limon ‘Meyer’)
Quince (Cydonia)
Project 2: Making quince jelly
Persimmons (diospyros)
Loquat (Eriobotrya)
Fig (Ficus)
Project 3 Planting a fig
Apple (Malus)
Project 3 Step over mini orchard
Apple (Malus) pollinating partners
Project 4 Family apple tree
Crab apple (Malus)
Olives (Olea europaea)
Cherry family: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
Cherry (Prunus avium)
Gage (Prunus domestica)
Almond (Prunus dulcis)
Project 5 Making damson gin
Damson (prunus insititia)
Peach (Prunus persica)
Cherry: Nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarine)
Pomegranate (Punica)
Pear (Pyrus)
Project 6 Perfectly preserved dried fruit
Pear (Pyrus)
Medlar (Mespilus)
Mulberry (Morus)
Rosehips (Rosa canina)
Project 9 Making rosehip syrup
Elder (Sambucus)
SOFT FRUIT
Kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa)
Melons (Cucumis melo) and watermelons
Project 7 Growing melons from seed
Strawberries (Fragaria)
Project 8 Propagating strawberries from runners
Wild strawberries
Project 9 Growing wild strawberries
Goji berries (Lycium barbarum)
Myrtle (Myrtis communis)
Passion fruit (Passiflora caerulea)
Blackcurrants and jostaberry (Ribes nigrum)
Blackcurrants and jostaberry (Ribes nigrum)
Redcurrants (Ribes rubrum)
Pink currants (Ribes rubrum)
Gooseberries (Ribes uva-crispa)
Blackberries and hybrids (Rubus fruticosus)
Blackberries and hybrids (Rubus species)
Raspberries (Rubus idaeus)
Project 10 Making raspberry fruit leather
Blueberries (Vaccinium) inluding bilberry (V. myrtillus)
Project 11 Blueberries in a pot
Lignonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
Cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccus)
Grapes (Vitis)
NUTS
Hazlenut (Coryus avellana)
Filbert (Corylus maxima)
Walnut (Juglans)
Sweet chestnut (Castanaea)
Cashewnut (Anacardium occidentale)
Project 12 Chestnut stuffing
Problems
Year programme: spring
Year programme: summer
Year programme: autumn
Year programme: winter
index
acknowledgements
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