Modern Fruit Science

Now in its 10th edition, Modern Fruit Science has been the essential textbook for the fruit growing industry and horticultural science courses worldwide for over 60 years. Every aspect of fruit growing, from cultivar selection to marketing, is thoroughly detailed in easy-to-read text with the help of over 1,000 photographs, illustrations, charts, and tables. All important fruit crops have their own chapters, including apples, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines, apricots, grapes, nuts, and strawberries. Featured topics include insect and disease control, frost and drought injury, grove and orchard management, harvesting, storage, and processing fruit. Whether you're a grower or a horticultural sciences student, this is one book you’ll reach for again and again. Authored by Norman F. Childers, Justin R. Morris, and G. Steven Sibbett. 632 pp.