Nut Grower's Handbook - A Practical Guide To The Successful Propagation, Planting, Cultivation, Harvesting And Marketing Of Nuts

"e;The Nut Growers Handbook"e; is a fantastic, comprehensive guide to all things nuts, with a focus on growing them. It offers the reader simple, step-by-step instructions for the propagation, planting, cultivation, and harvesting of nuts; as well as information on their flavours, preparation and cooking, natural habitats, properties and characteristics, and much more. Contents include: "e;Nut Growing and its Place in American Agriculture"e;, "e;The Chestnut"e;, "e;Filberts and Other Hazels"e;, "e;The English Walnut"e;, "e;The Black and Other Walnuts"e;, "e;The Pecan and Other Hickories"e;, "e;The Almond"e;, "e;Pistachios, Pine Nuts, Acorns and Chinquapins"e;, "e;Pollination of Nut Groves"e;, "e;Planning, Planting, and Pruning"e;, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on homesteading.