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For novice and experienced fruit gardeners alike, The Backyard Orchardist: A complete guide to growing fruit trees in the home garden has been the go-to book for home orchardists for over 2 decades. This expanded and updated edition--organized into 6 easy-to-follow sections--offers even more hands-on horticulture. Award-winning author Stella Otto starts by systematically guiding readers through the all-important first steps of planning and planting the home orchard. Learn to: * evaluate and build healthy soil * choose the best planting site * select fruit trees that are easy to grow and appropriate for your climate Become familiar with the growing requirements of popular temperate zone tree fruit: the pome fruit -- apples, pears, Asian pears, quince, and the novelty medlar --and stone fruit -- cherries, apricots, plums, their new hybrid pluots and apriums, peaches and nectarines.