This book is a pocket scouting guide to be used in the vineyard to assist you in identifying common pests, diseases, weather-related disorders, symptoms of pesticide damage and nutritional disorders. It will assi...

This book is a guide to fruit growing success for both homeowners or commercial growers. It offers guidance in the following areas: proper planting methods, pruning, disease and pest control, conventional and org...

The Compendium of Grape Diseases, Disorders, and Pests, Second Edition, is broken into four distinct parts: Part one covers diseases cause by biotic factors. It particularly addresses commonly occurring diseases...

This book is a comprehensive resource for novice and experienced growers, as well as crop advisors, service providers, educators, communicators and students. Effective Vineyard Spraying is written by Andrew Landers,...

Grow and process plants for making beer, wine, gruit, cider, perry, and more. There's no feeling quite like cooking with home-grown carrots or grabbing a fresh handful of cilantro from your own yard. Well, unless...

This book discusses the use of hybrids for winemaking and covers everything from the choice of the right vines, to the care of new vines and the bottling of wine.

New York's Hudson Valley has long been known as the birthplace of American wine, with roots dating to the 1600s. For centuries, the region's challenging terroir has tested both viticulturalist and wine maker alike,...

In this complete and approachable manual on grape growing in Texas, Jim Kamas asks the essential question all potential growers need to answer: Why do you want to plant a vineyard? Outlining the challenges and risks...

This book is aimed at readers with a foundation of basic grape growing and winemaking knowledge, who want to plant varieties suitable for their climate and site, and make high-quality wines from them.

This guide is intended as a comprehensive resource for both novice and experienced raspberry and blackberry growers as well as crop advisors and educators. It provides information on all aspects of raspberry and bla...

This book addresses canopy management in the vineyard. It answers the following questions: Do I have a canopy problem? How can canopy management affect yield and quality? Which is the best canopy management option f...

A hands-on guide to growing berries, brambles, and vine fruit in the home garden.

A comprehensive guide to at home wine making. This book teaches readers how to start and maintain a small vineyard including information regarding trellises and pruning techniques. It also includes a chart of grape...

This book provides a detailed explanation to the intricate science of growing grapes organically. The author utilizes many illustrations, photos, tables and graphs to enhance text descriptions of concepts. Organic g...

This Michigan State University Bulletin is a companion to the Vineyard Establishment I publication. It is intended to assist new growers in the establishment of a productive vineyard. It addresses the following area...

The book provides a comprehensive resource for novice and experienced growers, as well as crop advisors, service providers, educators, communicators, and students. The book manuscript was prepared by 16 authors and...