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| title | : | Temperate-zone Pomology : Physiology and Culture |
| author | : | Westwood, Melvin N. |
| publisher | : | Timber Press, Inc. |
| isbn10 | asin | : | 0881922536 |
| print isbn13 | : | 9780881922530 |
| ebook isbn13 | : | 9780585382463 |
| language | : | English |
| subject | Fruit-culture, Nuts. | |
| publication date | : | 1993 |
| lcc | : | SB355.W43 1993eb |
| ddc | : | 634/.0912 |
| subject | : | Fruit-culture, Nuts. |
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Where to find useful lists
Acre/hectare conversions | |
Chemical symbols | |
Key decisions in planning an orchard | |
Diameter/circumference/cross-sectional area/spherical-volume conversions | |
Flower structures are shown on pages | 70, 220230 |
Food values | |
Foot/meter conversions | |
Fruit and Nut types | |
Useful formulae | |
Growth regulators | 365366 |
Horticultural and chemical terms | 479487 |
Insects and mites | 428430 |
Leaf forms | |
Metric/imperial conversions | 475478 |
Temperature conversions (Fahrenheit/Celsius) | |
Values |
NOTE: Other useful lists and tables, such as size-prediction tables and critical-temperature tables, may be found by referring to the Subject Index that begins on page 511.
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Physiology and Culture
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TEMPERATE-ZONE POMOLOGY
Physiology and Culture
Third Edition
Melvin Neil Westwood
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1993 by Timber Press, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Reprinted 1995
ISBN 0-88192-253-6
Printed in Singapore
TIMBER PRESS, INC.
The Haseltine Building
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450
Portland, Oregon 97204, U.S.A.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Westwood, Melvin N. (Melvin Neil), 1923
Temperate-zone pomology : physiology and culture / Melvin Neil
Westwood3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 0-88192-253-6
1. Fruit-culture. 2. Nuts. I. Title.
SB355.W43 1992
634'.0912dc20 92-6821
CIP
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The greatest service which can be rendered any country is,
to add an useful plant to its culture.... There is not a sprig of
grass that shoots uninteresting to me.
T HOMAS J EFFERSON
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Preface | |
Preface to Revised Edition | |
Preface to First Edition | |
1. History of Fruit Culture | |
Species Distribution | |
Prehistoric Agriculture | |
Early Written History | |
The Modern Era | |
2. General Environment | |
Seasonal Changes | |
Latitude | |
Elevation | |
Bodies of Water | |
Light | |
Temperature | |
Water | |
Climatic Requirements of Species | |
3. Production Areas | |
World Production Areas | |
U.S. Production Areas | |
4. Species and Varieties | |
Variety Improvement | |
Species and Varieties | |
Biotechnological Methods | |
Preservation of Genetic Resources |
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5. Rootstocks | |
Seed Propagation | |
Vegetative Propagation | |
Rootstock Performance | |
Types of Rootstocks | |
6. Establishing the Planting | |
Spacing | |
Layout of Planting | |
Planting and Early Care | |
Tree Training | |
Young Orchard Care | |
7. Cultural Practices | |
Soil-Plant Complex | |
Pruning | |
8. Flowering | |
Developmental Phases | |
Flowering Habits | |
Floral Initiation | |
Flower Development | |
9. Pollination and Fruit Set | |
Pollination | |
Fruit Set | |
Seed Development | |
10. Fruit Growth and Thinning | |
Seasonal Growth | |
Cell Size and Number | |
Fruit Shape | |
Fruit Density | |
Fruit Thinning | |
11. Plant Efficiency: Growth and Yield | |
Vegetative Growth | |
Fruit Growth | |
Standardized Yield Measurements | |
High-Density Systems | |
Cropping Systems | |
Establishment Costs | |
Ultimate Yield | |
Prospect | |
12. Crop Maturity | |
Definitions | |
Maturation | |
Fruit Color |
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13. Harvest | |
Preharvest Treatment | |
Hand Harvest | |
Mechanical Harvest | |
14. Postharvest Storage and Nutritional Value | |
Postharvest Physiology |
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