Scientia Horticulturae, 3 (1975) 201--202 Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam -- Printed in The Netherlands Book Review FRUIT CULTURE Lucas' Anleitung zum Obstbau. F. Winter, H. Janssen, W. Kennel, H. Link and R. Silbereisen with additional help of A. Mauch and F. Scherr. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 1974, 29, totally new prepared edition, 522 pp., 16 colour plates, 196 figures and 78 tables. The first edition of this text-book appeared in 1866 and since then it has been kept up-to-date. A group of authors, all from Ravenburg/Bavendorf and working at the Department of Fruit and Vegetable Growing and the Ex- perimental Station of the University of Hohenheim, Federal Republic of Germany, has prepared this new edition since the last one was edited by Winkelman 20 years ago. This book is intended to be a text-book for all who study fruit culture in Germany, treating the many aspects of fruit culture in a balanced way. This means that not everything has been treated in full depth; now and then one should like to know more background information; in this case, one is referred to collateral reading in the literature. The most extensively treated subjects are: - - knowledge of species and cultivars; -- crown formation of a tree; -- feeding and manuring; - - different cultural measures as application of growth regulators; -- diseases, pests and their control; - - harvesting, storage and preparation for the market; -- economical aspects of fruit growing; -- the fruitmarket. The main items are concentrated on pome fruits. The treatment of the subjects is concise and exact with clear tables and excellent figures among which the colour-plates have to be mentioned. This book is an European acquisition, but a thorough treatment of fruit-growing in the Common Market has been missed; it could be useful far outside the German borders; the number of books of this type is very limited and its ap- pearance is, therefore, extremely welcome. H. JONKERS (Wageningen, The Netherlands)

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Scientia Horticulturae, 3 (1975) 201--202 Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam -- Printed in The Netherlands

Book Review

FRUIT CULTURE

Lucas' Anleitung zum Obstbau. F. Winter, H. Janssen, W. Kennel, H. Link and R. Silbereisen with additional help of A. Mauch and F. Scherr. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, 1974, 29, totally new prepared edition, 522 pp., 16 colour plates, 196 figures and 78 tables.

The first edition of this tex t -book appeared in 1866 and since then it has been kept up-to-date. A group of authors, all from Ravenburg/Bavendorf and working at the Depar tment of Fruit and Vegetable Growing and the Ex- perimental Station of the University of Hohenheim, Federal Republic of Germany, has prepared this new edition since the last one was edited by Winkelman 20 years ago. This book is intended to be a tex t -book for all who s tudy fruit culture in Germany, treating the many aspects of fruit culture in a balanced way. This means that not everything has been treated in full depth; now and then one should like to know more background information; in this case, one is referred to collateral reading in the literature. The most extensively treated subjects are: - - knowledge of species and cultivars; -- crown formation of a tree; -- feeding and manuring; - - different cultural measures as application of growth regulators; -- diseases, pests and their control; - - harvesting, storage and preparation for the market; -- economical aspects of fruit growing; -- the fruitmarket. The main items are concentrated on pome fruits.

The t reatment of the subjects is concise and exact with clear tables and excellent figures among which the colour-plates have to be mentioned. This book is an European acquisition, but a thorough treatment of fruit-growing in the Common Market has been missed; it could be useful far outside the German borders; the number of books of this type is very limited and its ap- pearance is, therefore, extremely welcome.

H. JONKERS (Wageningen, The Netherlands)