75 Remarkable Fruits For Your Garden

by Staub, Jack

• ISBN13: 9781423602507
• ISBN10: 1423602501
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-15
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith

Summary

In this stunning follow-up to 75 Exciting Vegetables for Your Garden, gardener and garden designer Jack Staub provides the most accurate and current information and original watercolour illustrations of 75 mouthwatering fruits. Included is the history of each plant, tips on growing it and a recipe for eating it. From an Autumn Olive to a Persimmon Jiro, this gorgeous book is truly remarkable.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Apple OEvmeads Kernel	p. 13
Apple OEeleyia	p. 13
Apricot OElenheim	p. 19
Apricot OEival	p. 19
Bladberry OEregon Cutleaf Thornless	p. 25
Bladberry OEriple Crown Thornless	p. 25
Blood Banana	p. 31
Blueberry OEubel	p. 34
Blueberry OEunvine Blue	p. 34
Cherry OEontmorency	p. 40
Cherry OEainier	p. 40
Chokeberry OEutumn Magic	p. 46
Coralberry (Snowberry)	p. 49
Cornelian Cherry	p. 52
Crabapple OErairie Fire	p. 55
Cranberry OEyRed	p. 58
Currant OEink Champagne	p. 61
Currant OEitania	p. 61
Date Palm	p. 67
Dewberry	p. 70
Loganberry	p. 70
Boysenberry	p. 70
Tayberry	p. 70
Russian Olive	p. 77
Autumn Olive	p. 77
Goumi	p. 77
Elderberry OElad Beauty	p. 83
Fig OEardy Chicago	p. 86
Fig OEetite Negra	p. 86
Gooseberry OEoorman	p. 92
Grape OEoncord	p. 95
Grape OEeptune	p. 95
Grapefruit OEed Rio	p. 101
Greengage OEennistons Superb	p. 104
Hardy Kiwi OEssai	p. 107
Honeyberry	p. 110
Hudleberry (Bilberry)	p. 113
Jujube OEo	p. 116
Kumquat OEukushu	p. 119
Lemon OEeyer (Improved)	p. 122
Lime OEey Lime	p. 125
Lingonberry (Cowberry)	p. 128
Loquat	p. 131
Magnolia Vine OEastern Prince	p. 134
Medlar OEottingham	p. 137
Mulberry OEwarf Weeping Blad	p. 140
Necarine OEericrest	p. 143
Ollalieberry	p. 146
Youngberry	p. 146
Marionberry	p. 146
Orange OEoro	p. 153
Orange OEavington Navel	p. 153
Pawpaw OEunflower	p. 158
Peah OEelle of Georgia	p. 161
Peah OEndian Blood	p. 161
Pear OEoyenne du Comice	p. 167
Pear OEhenandoah	p. 167
Persimmon OEiro	p. 173
Pineapple OEmooth Cayenne	p. 176
Plum OEethley	p. 179
Plumcot	p. 182
Pluot	p. 182
Aprium	p. 182
Peacotum	p. 182
Pomegranate OEanank	p. 189
Pridly Pear OEurbank	p. 192
Quince OEmyrna	p. 195
Rapberry OEmity	p. 198
Rapberry OEall Gold	p. 198
Rhubarb OEacDonald	p. 204
Sea Budthorn	p. 207
Serviceberry (Juneberry) OErincess Diana	p. 210
Strawberry OEarliGlow	p. 213
Strawberry OEriyar	p. 213
Wolfberry (Goji)	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 222
Resources	p. 224
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Excerpts

The apple tree is so anciently regarded that, in British lore, Avalon, where King Arthur was taken to die, translates to Isle of Apples, and the Greek Elysium, where the worthy were destined to spend their afterlives, to Apple Land.