American Horticultural Society Pruning and Training
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American Horticultural Society Pruning and Training
by Authors:
Christopher Brickell , David Joyce
Released: September, 1996
ISBN: 1564583317
Hardcover
Sales Rank: 12,689
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$35.00
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Customer Review #1:
 Great reference
I bought this book to use as a texted book in a pruning class at school. It gave us lots of listings so we could learn the basics on pruning almost anything. The only thing I found confusing, was finding some terms. Other then that I am happy with it and am not selling it back.
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Customer Review #2:
 Very Disappointed
I was extremely disappointed with this book. I had ordered it with such anticipation. I am about to purchase a few sour cherry trees and wanted to know the best methods for pruning. I looked up the appropriate section in the book. To begin, the copy is very long and wordy. You have to wade through a whole lot of unnecessary verbage to finally get to the part that you are interested in, only to find out that now you have to go to another part of the book for the answer. This book provides a separate section for each plant type, but there are many plants that are pruned by the same method...so then they make you flip back to another plant for the description. They should just show you the various styles of pruning and list which plants that each style applies to. My other complaint is the way the copy is handled. The paragraphs are long and poorly titled. They would be much better if there were headlines, numbers, outlines, bullets etc. It would make it MUCH easier for the reader to quickly find the section of interest. This is supposed to be a reference book, NOT a novel. And finally, some of the information is just plain wrong for the US market. This book was originally published in the UK, and I believe that it is probably much more accurate for that market. For example, with the sour cherry tree, it lists Colt as the most likely root stock. That root stock is not available by ANY commercial growers that I could find on the web. And I know that if it was ever available, it hasnt been available for at least 10 years since I have other friends who have worked in the business. However, it is available in the UK. I found that some books that I already have in my library were much better on the topic. For example, I have the Rodales Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening. It provides MUCH better descriptions of the pruning techniques. The copy is easy to follow and the pictures are easy to understand. They have accurate information on root stocks etc. (even though it is an older book) and they also provide a huge section on pest management. The AHS Pruning and Training book was a great idea gone bad. I really could have used a good reference book on pruning.
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Customer Review #3:
 Simply put.....this is the best!
If you dont already know the people at The American Horticultural Society create the best resource books for the money then I dont know where youve been. If you want a great resource on Pruning and Training, this is it...Simply put.... This is the best.
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