Growing Blackcurrants - With Information on Planting, Pruning, Watering, Picking and Other Aspects of Blackcurrant CultivationPaperback, 20 January 2011

This vintage book is a detailed guide to growing blackcurrants, with information on planting, pruning, watering, picking, and all other aspects of blackcurrant cultivation. Full of helpful illustrations and invaluable tips and hints, this handbook is highly recommended for anyone with an interest in growing fruit, and is not to be missed by collectors of classic horticultural literature. Contents include: "Site", "Soil", "Preparation for Planting", "Buying Bushes", "Planting", "Pruning after Planting", "Pruning One Year After Planting", "Pruning Established Bushed", "Picking", "Manuring", "Watering", "Weeding", "Roguing", "Cultivars", "Fertility", "Pests", "Diseases", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing "Growing Blackcurrants" now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on growing fruit and vegetables.