Citrus is the most important tree fruit crop in the world, and this book is a readable and beautifully illustrated guide to the citrus varieties available today. It gives up-to-date information about tree and fruit characteristics, origin and production of most varieties of sweet and sour orange, mandarin, grapefruit, pummel and their hybrids, in addition to lemon, lime, citron, kumquat and limequat. All the established high quality citrus varieties are included, as well as newer or little-known ones. A chapter on citrus rootstocks provides details of their main features as they affect fruit quality and other horticultural characteristics.
Detalles de publicación
- Publicado: 1990
- Editor: Sinclair International
- ISBN-10: 1872960006
- ISBN-13: 978-1872960005
- Dewey Decimal: 634.304
- Librería ECHO: 634.304 SAU