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Author:   Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ,  Kay Maguire ,  Jason Ingram
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Frances Lincoln
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9781805700333

ISBN 10:   1805700332
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   05 February 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: growing fruit plant types top fruit root stocks soft fruit need to know garden planning planting training pruning Growing fruit in containers TOP FRUIT Citrus: Lemon (Citrus x limon) Citrus: Orange (Citrus x aurantium) Project 1 Growing citrus in a pot Citrus: Kumquat (Citrus x japonica) Citrus: Citron (Citrus medica) Citrus: Meyer’s lemon (Citrus x limon ‘Meyer’) Quince (Cydonia) Project 2: Making quince jelly Persimmons (diospyros) Loquat (Eriobotrya) Fig (Ficus) Project 3 ​Planting a fig Apple (Malus) Project 3 Step over mini orchard Apple (Malus) pollinating partners Project 4 Family apple tree Crab apple (Malus) Olives (Olea europaea) Cherry family: Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) Cherry (Prunus avium) Gage (Prunus domestica) Almond (Prunus dulcis) Project 5 Making damson gin Damson (prunus insititia) Peach (Prunus persica) Cherry: Nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarine) Pomegranate (Punica) Pear (Pyrus) Project 6 Perfectly preserved dried fruit Pear (Pyrus) Medlar (Mespilus) Mulberry (Morus) Rosehips (Rosa canina) Project 9 Making rosehip syrup Elder (Sambucus) SOFT FRUIT Kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa) Melons (Cucumis melo) and watermelons Project 7 Growing melons from seed Strawberries (Fragaria) Project 8 Propagating strawberries from runners Wild strawberries Project 9 Growing wild strawberries Goji berries (Lycium barbarum) Myrtle (Myrtis communis) Passion fruit (Passiflora caerulea) Blackcurrants and jostaberry (Ribes nigrum) Blackcurrants and jostaberry (Ribes nigrum) Redcurrants (Ribes rubrum) Pink currants (Ribes rubrum) Gooseberries (Ribes uva-crispa) Blackberries and hybrids (Rubus fruticosus) Blackberries and hybrids (Rubus species) Raspberries (Rubus idaeus) Project 10 Making raspberry fruit leather Blueberries (Vaccinium) inluding bilberry (V. myrtillus) Project 11 Blueberries in a pot Lignonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) Cranberries (Vaccinium oxycoccus) Grapes (Vitis) NUTS  Hazlenut (Coryus avellana) Filbert (Corylus maxima) Walnut (Juglans) Sweet chestnut (Castanaea) Cashewnut (Anacardium occidentale) Project 12 Chestnut stuffing Problems Year programme: spring  Year programme: summer Year programme: autumn Year programme: winter index acknowledgements

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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has cultivated plants for more than 250 years. Today, Kew's horticulturists grow over 19,000 species of plants in the gardens - the most diverse collection in the world.Kay Maguire trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where she gained the Kew Diploma. She is the author of the award-winning RHS Grow Your Own Crops in Pots and is a regular contributor to magazines such as BBC Gardener's World. Jason Ingram is a Bristol based Photographer specialising in Gardens, Food, People and Interiors.

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