Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vegetables
Languages : en
Pages : 834
Book Description
American Vegetable Grower
Author: American Vegetable Grower and Market Grower's Journal
Author: American vegetable grower. Buyer's directory
Author: American Vegetable Grower
Author: The Commercial Vegetable Grower
Author: The Organic Seed Grower
Author: John NavazioPublisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 1603584528
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Now in Paperback “A fantastic guide for organic seed breeders and producers. [Navazio] has taken organic seed production to a higher level.” —Suzanne Ashworth, author of Seed to Seed The Organic Seed Grower is a comprehensive manual for the serious vegetable grower who is interested in growing high-quality seeds using organic farming practices. It is written for both home seed savers and diversified small-scale farmers who want to learn the necessary steps involved in successfully producing a seed crop organically. Detailed profiles for each of the major vegetables provide users with practical, in-depth knowledge about growing, harvesting, and processing seed for a wide range of common and specialty vegetable crops, from Asian greens to zucchini. In addition, readers will find extensive and critical information on topics including: • Seed-borne diseases • The reproductive biology of crop plants • Annual vs. biennial seed crops • Isolation distances needed to ensure varietal purity • Maintaining adequate population size for genetic integrity • Seed crop climates • Seed cleaning basics • Seed storage for farmers • and more . . . This book can serve as a bridge to lead skilled gardeners, who are already saving their own seed, into the idea of growing seed commercially. And for diversified vegetable farmers who are growing a seed crop for sale for the first time, it will provide details on many of the tricks of the trade that are used by professional seed growers. This manual will help the budding seed farmer to become more knowledgeable, efficient, and effective in producing a commercially viable seed crop. Written by well-known plant breeder and organic seed expert John Navazio, The Organic Seed Grower is the most useful guide to best practices in this exciting and important field.
American Produce Grower
Author: Annual Report of the Vegetable Grower's Association of the Province of Ontario
Author: Ontario Vegetable Growers' AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vegetable gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: Vegetable Growers Association of AmericaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vegetable gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Sweet Cherries
Author: Lynn E. LongPublisher: CABI
ISBN: 1786398281
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
This new book provides comprehensive coverage of sustainable sweet cherry production including global trends, improved varieties and rootstocks, orchard establishment and management, the physiology of growth and cropping, and protecting the crop from adverse climates, pests, and diseases. Sweet cherries are a specialty crop, subject to significant production risks for growers, yet with high potential market returns due to strong consumer demand for the fruit's intensely enjoyable flavor and nutraceutical benefits.