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English
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Grow your own apples, figs, plums, cherries, pears, apricots, and peaches in even the smallest backyard! Ann Ralph shows you how to cultivate small yet abundant fruit trees using a variety of specialized pruning techniques. With dozens of simple and effective strategies for keeping an ordinary fruit tree from growing too large, you'll keep your gardening duties manageable while at the same time reaping a bountiful harvest. These little fruit trees...
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Publisher
Southwater
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A complete guide to pruning and training fruit trees, with instructions for creating standards, cordons, espaliers, fans, pryamids, bushes and curtains. A useful directory of varieties provides essential information about the best types of fruit to grow.
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Timber Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A wonderful read, even for the armchair gardener, this beautifully produced volume describes recent creative pruning projects, including some that have reinvigorated ancient estates in France and England and traditional methods used in Japan, with attention to the artistic possibilities pruning brings to garden design. Hobson, who has a degree in sculpture as well full training in traditional Japanese gardening methods, brings his experience and enthusiasm...
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Skyhorse Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Provides advice on organic-gardening techniques that involve precise pruning and training plants, particularly fruit trees, so that they can take the best advantage of sunlight, and suggests ways to deal with specific plants and flowers.
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Publisher
Mitchell Beazley
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
This comprehensive guide to pruning and training includes detailed instructions on all the key techniques for tackling roses, fruit trees & bushes, shrubs, hedges, ornamental trees, climbers and even perennials. It features a Pruning Directory of more than 160 common plants for quick reference and is fully illustrated throughout. Color step-by-step drawings and clear photography makes each technique easy to follow to help you save money, time and...
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Schiffer Publisthing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
By training fruit trees and shrubs to grow in controlled shapes, you accomplish two goals: improved appearance and increased productivity. Depending on location and demand, espalier fruit trees can offer privacy, weather protection, and decoration, not to mention an abundant and delicious harvest. All types of trellises, including wall-covering cordons and free-standing pergolas, are featured here, as well as a comprehensive list of fruit plants and...
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English
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At thirty-five, Leslie Buck made an impulsive decision to put her personal life on hold to pursue her passion. Leaving behind a full life of friends, love, and professional security, she became the first American woman to learn pruning from one of the most storied landscaping companies in Kyoto. “Cutting Back “recounts Buck's bold journey and the revelations she has along the way.
During her apprenticeship in Japan, she learns that the best Kyoto...
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