Teachings of the Fruit Docta: Growing Fruit in the Central Savannah River Area

The Central Savannah River Area is a great place for growing fruit. It is North enough to grow most kinds of Temperate fruit and far enough South to grow many Sub-Tropical fruits. Apples, Pears, Asian Pears, Peaches, Plums all grow well here. Cold Hardy Citrus, Bananas, Feijoa, Loquats, Figs, and Pindo Palms also grow well here. The book “Teachings of the Fruit Docta Growing Fruit in the Central Savannah River Area” contains information about the over 40 different kinds of fruit, berries, and nuts that can be grown in the Central Savannah River Area. Much of the information in the book deals with anticipating and solving the problems that growers experience when trying to grow fruit in this area. There are sections about combating birds, destroying insects, and preventing diseases. The goal is to make you successful at growing fruit.Features of this book include the following:Multiple dictionaries of technical terms.Many schedules of spraying your fruit trees.Many schedules describing when and how to fertilize your fruit trees.Descriptions of the most common pests of fruit including mammals, birds, insects, and diseases.Descriptions of planting, pruning, grafting.Many photographs as well as the drawings by Cherish Een. Read more