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by
Lon Rombough
Softcover: 304 pages
ISBN: 1890132829
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The
Grape
Grower
A
Guide to Organic Viticulture
Grapes
are the most popular and widely grown fruit in the world. From
the tropics to Alaska, grapes will grow successfully in almost
every climate. Whether you raise them for fresh eating, or for
making wine, juice, or jellies and preserves, the right grapes
will reward you with abundant crops for a modest investment of
time and effort.
Now for
the first time comes a book for grape growers who wish to use
organic growing methods to raise healthy, thriving vineyards in
the backyard or on a small commercial scale. The Grape Grower
distills the broad knowledge and long-time personal experience
of Lon Rombough, one of North America's foremost authorities on
viticulture.
From
finding and preparing the right site for your vineyard to
training, trellising, and pruning vines to growing new grapes
from seeds and cuttings, The Grape Grower offers thorough
and accessible information on all the basics. The chapters on
grape species, varieties, and hybrids are alone worth the price
of a college course in viticulture. Technical information on the
major (and minor) insect pests and diseases that affect grapes,
as well as their organic controls, makes this book an invaluable
reference that readers will turn to again and again.
Rombaugh
also provides a wealth of information on hardy but little-known
grapes that are native to North America, and on a wide range of
topics, including:
- pruning
neglected or overgrown vines
- growing
grapes on arbors and in greenhouses
- controlling
animal pests in the vineyard
- bunch
grapes and muscadine grapes for the South
- winter
protection, and how to increase the hardiness of grapes
- creating
your own new varieties
Lon
Rombough is a well-known garden writer, nurseryman, and fruit
grower. He has more than thirty-five years experience growing
grapes and maintains hundreds of varieties in his small
vineyard. A prominent member of North American Fruit Explorers,
or NAFEX, he lives in western Oregon.
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