Table of Content
Part One: Getting Started with Fruits and Nuts Chapter 1: Fruits and Nuts in the Home Garden Including Fruits in Your Yard Learning to Grow Good Fruit Chapter 2: What to Grow and Where Choosing Hardy Fruits How Much Room Do You Need? Selecting Plants Chapter 3: Seasonal Care of Fruits and Nuts Winter Care Spring Care Summer Care Harvest Time What to Do with All Your Fruit Part Two: The Small Fruits: Berries, Bushes, and Brambles Chapter 4: Strawberries June-Bearing or Day-Neutral? Two Ways to Grow Preparing the Soil Planting and Care Harvesting Strawberries Chapter 5: Raspberries and Blackberries Getting to Know the Brambles Plant and Site Selection Planting and Care Harvesting Bramble Fruits Chapter 6: Blueberries Different Types for Different Regions Meeting Soil Requirements Planting and Care Harvesting Blueberries Chapter 7: Ribes, Elderberries, and Other Bush Fruits Getting to Know the Bush Fruits Planting and Care Harvesting Bush Fruits Unusual Bush Fruits Chapter 8: Grapes for Every Region Getting to Know Grapes Choices for Hot and Cold Climates Grapes Need Support Planting and Care Harvesting Grapes Unusual Vine Fruits Part Three: Tree Fruits & Nuts Chapter 9: Apples and Crab Apples Apples for Every Climate Standard, Semidwarf, or Dwarf? Planting and Care Harvesting and Storing Apples Choosing Apple Cultivars Crab Apples for Eating Chapter 10: Pears Two Distinct Types of Pears Planting and Care Harvesting Pears Unusual Tree Fruit: Quince Chapter 11: Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots Choosy about Climate Selecting Plants Planting and Care Harvesting Choosing Cultivars Chapter 12: Plants for Every Region Lots of Colors, Shapes, and Uses Climate Considerations Pollination Matters Planting and Care Harvesting Plums Pluots and Plumcots Wild Plums Chapter 13: Cherries, Sweet and Sour Sweet, Sour, and Bush Cherries Picky about Pollination Planting and Care Harvesting Cherries Gallery of Unusual Tree Fruits Chapter 14: Nuts Getting to Know the Nuts Planting and Care Harvesting Nuts Part Four: Growing Healthy Fruits, Nuts, and Berries Chapter 15: Improving Your Soil What Is Soil? Preparing Soil for Fruiting Plants Mulches Are Labor-Savers Make Your Own Compost Chapter 16: Getting Plants off to a Good Start Care Starts before Planting Planting Well Pays Off Pamper after Planting Don''t Harvest Too Soon Chapter 17: Pruning: Not Just for Trees Why Prune? When to Prune Pruning Bush Fruits and Grapes Match Pruning Style to Your Tree Making the Cuts Espaliers: Pruning as Art Reviving Old Trees Chapter 18: Diseases, Insects, and Other Fruit Problems Nonchemical Controls Determining What''s Wrong Physiological Problems of Fruit Plants Diseases Insects Spraying: How, What, and When Chapter 19: Wildlife Friends and Foes Preventing Mouse Damage Rabbits, Porcupines, Raccoons, and Squirrels Dealing with Deer Outwitting Birds Avoiding Other Hazards
