Cultivation, uses and health benefits

Providing inspiration to people to grow and try new foods, this comprehensive guide to vegetables, herbs and spices explores old favourites as well as many little-known yet exciting food-producing plants.
As well as the A to Z guide to over 200 species and lists of the most  popular cultivars,  a general introduction gives a basic background to various aspects of horticulture and plant nutrition. A table of plants for different garden situations at the back of the book is a useful ready-reference.
The book contains the history and description of each species, a guide to propagation, harvesting times and methods, cultivation and location needs, pruning, and uses of the crop, with emphasis of nutritional benefits.

This thorough and extensively researched book is a vital reference, with everything a gardener needs to know and much that a commercial producer would find valuable in terms of choice of varieties and marketing of the harvest.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 480 pages.  (First Edition 2009). 294mm X 220mm. ISBN 9780643095564. RRP $79.95.

Cultivation, uses and health benefits

This volume is a comprehensive guide to temperate and subtropical fruit and nut plants that explores old favourites as well as many little known yet exciting food-producing plants. An inspiration to people to grow and try new foods, the A to Z guide presents over 300 species, with information on cultivation and propagation, harvesting times and yields, storing and using the produce. There is particular emphasis on the nutritional and health benefits of the fruit or nut described. Within these main entries, there are brief descriptions of over 250 similar species, expanding the coverage of this book still further.

A general introduction gives a basic background to types of fruit and nuts, plant structure, cultivation, including growing plants in containers, propagation, pruning and training and pests and diseases. A table of plants for different garden situations at the back of the book is a useful ready-reference. The appendix lists plants for differing conditions and uses and a bibliography provides avenues for further information.

This very thorough and extensively researched book is a vital reference to temperate and subtropical food producing plants from around the world in terms of choice of varieties and marketing of the harvest.

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. 480 pages.  (First Edition 2006). 294mm X 220mm. ISBN 9780643093218. RRP $79.95.