| Description |
xvii, 382 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
1 Pomoidae or Pome Fruits -- 2 Stone Fruit -- 3 Nuts -- 4 Bramble Berries Rubus Species -- 5 Strawberries -- 6 Blueberries and Cranberries -- 7 Gooseberries and Currants -- 8 Elderberries and Others -- 9 Citrus Fruits -- 10 Subtropical Fruits -- 11 The Mediterraneans -- 12 The Moraceae - Figs, Mulberries and the Che -- 13 Native Fruiits -- 14 Palms, Papayas and Prickles -- 15 Other Fruiting Succulents -- 16 The Vines -- 17 Tropical Fruits -- 18 The Myrtaceae - The Guava Relatives -- 19 Persimmons -- 20 Avocados -- 21 The Monstera (Ceriman) -- 22 The Solanaceae - Tomato Relatives -- 23 Rose Hips - Rosa Species |
| Summary |
This book offers a comprehensive guide to fruit, nut and berry growing in temperate an subtropical Australia. Alongside accounts of all the popular and common fruits you will find descriptions of rare, unusual, old or just different fruits such as jujube, American pawpaw, medlar, baboco, casimiroa, ugni, goumi and quandong |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 364-366 |
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Includes index |
| Subject |
Berries -- Australia.
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Fruit-culture -- Australia -- History.
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Fruit-culture -- Australia.
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Nuts -- Australia -- History.
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Nuts -- Australia.
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Wild plants, Edible -- Australia.
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| LC no. |
94168483 |
| ISBN |
0850914019 |
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