Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers

Maynard, Donald N.; Hochmuth, George J.

ISBN 10: 0471131512 / ISBN 13: 9780471131519

Published by Wiley (edition 4), 1997

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Synopsis:

In any season and any year, the most reliable farming tool between two covers . . .

KNOTT\′S HANDBOOK FOR VEGETABLE GROWERS

Fourth Edition

This classic handbook is considered by generations of commercial growers as the standard reference tool for growing vegetable crops. Filled with information, largely in the form of tables and charts, from hard statistics on vegetable production and consumption to fascinating esoterica, such as vegetable botanical names and vegetable names in nine languages (French for cauliflower is chou–fleur; a Spanish onion is a cebolla), Knott\′s Handbook is part Farmer\′s Almanac, part encyclopedia, and part dictionary. But with its detailed, practical specifics on planting rates, schedules, and spacing; soils and fertilizers; methods for controlling diseases; greenhouse vegetable and crop production; insect pest identification; harvesting and storage; and vegetable marketing, it\′s an indispensable helpmate to the farmer in the field and in the marketplace.

Thoroughly updated and expanded to reflect the latest technical advances in vegetable growing, the Fourth Edition contains new information on water management with drip irrigation; seed priming and seed germination tests; plant tissue testing; petiole sap testing; windbreaks; and weed management. A revised discussion of allowable pesticide and herbicide use as well as the newest in worker protection standards makes the Fourth Edition even more relevant to today\′s commercial grower.

The new edition of Knott\′s Handbook for Vegetable Growers comes in a convenient portable size and features a sturdy flexible cover with pages that lie flat, on the desk or in the field. Fulfilling James Edward Knott\′s original vision of a concise, comprehensive, and eminently useable handbook, this new edition of the 1957 classic is the ultimate day–to–day field reference, and as indispensable to a farmer\′s work as good weather.

About the Author: DONALD N. MAYNARD is a professor at the University of Florida and is currently President of the American Society for Horticultural Science.

GEORGE J. HOCHMUTH is a nationally recognized authority on vegetables, largely through his bimonthly column in American Vegetable Grower. He is also a professor at the University of Florida.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers
Publisher: Wiley (edition 4)
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Edition: 4.