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Books to Celebrate National Apple Day!

Join us for the annual celebration of apples! From the origins to the practicalities of growing them, apples are an integral part of our world and deserved to be seen as such. Below, you can find five books to help you with your own apple-based endeavors. 

Uncultivated: Wild Apples, Real Cider, and the Complicated Art of Making a Living

The hero of this book is the wild apple. Uncultivated follows Brennan’s twenty-four-year history with naturalized trees and shows how they have guided him toward successes in agriculture, in the art of cider making, and in creating a small-farm business. The book contains useful information relevant to those particular fields, but is designed to connect the wild to a far greater audience, skillfully blending cultural criticism with a food activist’s agenda

Grow a Little Fruit Tree

Grow your own apples, figs, plums, cherries, pears, apricots, and peaches in even the smallest backyard! Expert pruner Ann Ralph reveals a simple yet revolutionary secret that keeps an ordinary fruit tree much smaller than normal. These great little trees take up less space, require less care, offer an easy harvest, and make a fruitful addition to any home landscape.

The Apple Grower

Whether you are a commercial orchardist, organic farmer, backyard enthusiast, or apple lover you will enjoy this very thorough guide to state-of-the-art organic orcharding. A diversity of topics include orchard site and its climate; enriching the soil; tree selection and planting; caring for the orchard; pests and diseases; harvesting and marketing; tasks, source lists and more.

The Biodynamic Orchard Book

The Biodynamic Orchard Book discusses the principles of tree biology before describing the measures that can be taken to develop a pest-free orchard without the use of chemicals. It discusses soil preparation, the selection of trees for planting, issues of transplanting and pruning, the application of pastes, green cover crops, and pest control, before describing the key biodynamic preparations and how to spray them with greatest effectiveness. 

The Holistic Orchard

The Holistic Orchard provides all the basic information needed to create and maintain a living orchard with insights into design, choosing varieties, and a step-by-step instructional calendar for the entire orchard year. This book is also available as a DVD!

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