Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory

by Kent Whealy and Seed Savers Exchange

Book Overview

Fruit, Berry and Nut Inventory is an essential reference for all backyard fruit growers and commercial orchardists who care about the rich diversity of fruit, berry, and nut varieties offered by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1882424573
• ISBN13: 9781882424573
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Seed Savers Exchange
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Like No Other I Know Of

Excellent book containing the lineage and qualities of many fruits, nuts and berries. A great reference book for any enthusiast. Used by many retailers as a guide for their products.

Invaluable resource for common & unique fruits

Thanks to this wonderful book, we have added many unusual fruits to our orchard and discovered some amazing mail order suppliers. Before we purchase any plants, we always refer to "THE BOOK" to make sure that the tree is one we really want and that it will thrive in the harsh Maine climate. I would recommend it to anybody wanting to successfully plant fruits, berries or nuts.

Very useful, the only one of it's kind...

For the fruit nut, this reference is indispensible. When ordering specific varieties, we use it to source stock from nurseries. When searching for trees with certain characteristics, we peruse the descriptions, hunting for certain words (in the pear section, "fireblight-resistant", in the apricot section, "excellent flavor", etc.). Few complaints: not revised often enough to list new varieties as they come on the market. For example, 'Goldrush' apple is not listed. Descriptions are very brief, probably due to space limitations. Descriptions are also generally a summary of the nursery catalog's text, and therefore not as useful as they could be.In general, a very fun reference to keep on the shelf.

Excellent Sourcebook for Fruit and Nut Varieties

In the third edition of this excellent reference, the Seed Savers Exchange has provided a very useful tool for nurseries and gardeners to locate sources of heirloom fruit, nut and berry varieties. But it is much more than just a sourcebook, as there are brief descriptions of each fruit variety and indications of how rare or threatened each variety is based on the number of sources. Nursery operators and fruit gene bank managers will find this book to be indespensible!