Sweet Cherries – a new book by Lynn Long, Gregory Lang, and Clive Kaiser has just been published.
According to publisher CABI, the 408-page paperback provides comprehensive coverage of the history, genetic improvements, production physiology of growth and cropping, orchard establishment and management, and harvest considerations for sustainable cherry production.
Sweet cherries are a specialty crop, subject to significant production risks for growers, yet with high potential market returns due to strong consumer demand for the fruit's intensely enjoyable flavor and nutraceutical benefits.
Written by a renowned team of experts, this book emphasises the scientific principles underlying cherry production practices. It acts as a resource for a scientific foundational understanding of plant growth and cropping, providing the key to both reasoned choice of orchard practices and the solution of future problems.
Heavily illustrated and presented in full color throughout, Sweet Cherries is written with practical details and underlying physiological concepts for use by beginning and established fruit growers, consultants, and advisors, with a primary focus on fresh market sweet cherries, in addition to students and professionals in horticulture.
1: Introduction
2: Cherry Flowering, Fruiting, and Cultivars
3: Sweet Cherry Rootstocks
4: Planning a New Cherry Orchard
5: Orchard Establishment and Production
6: Sweet Cherry Pruning Fundamentals
7: Sweet Cherry Training Systems
8: Managing the Orchard Environment
9: Fruit Ripening and Harvest
10: Managing Orchard Pests
11: Managing Orchard Pathogens and Disorders
12: The Future of Cherry Production
A review of Sweet Cherries will be available in the near future. However, if you'd like to get hold of a copy now, CABI is offering Prunings readers a 20% discount on the list price if you order through their online bookshop here. Simply enter the code CCAB20 at the checkout.