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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book, Dec 6 2002

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Geoff Earl (Erieville, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture (Paperback)

I have a small backyard vineyard, and have read five books on growing grapes, "The Grape Grower" is the sixth. It has been more helpful than the others combined. If you are growing grapes or want to, buy this book! It is worth far more than its price. It is fun to read and a wonderful book.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended highly for both organic and convention growers!, Dec 13 2002

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Suzanne Teghtmeyer (Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture (Paperback)

This book provides a detailed explanation to the intricate science of growing grapes organically. The author utilizes many illustrations, photos, tables and graphs to enhance text descriptions of concepts. Organic growers have a harder time warding off insects, diseases, weeds, and mammals effectively. This book describes the theory as well as the integrated pest management techniques, making the reader a better all-around viticulturist. In addition, chapters describe many grape species and cultivars, propagating techniques, grafting methods, and grapevine physiology. I highly recommend this book for both organic and conventional grape growers.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Grape Grower by Lon Rombough, Jan 12 2003

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Paul Downs (Hartselle, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture (Hardcover)

Finding a grape growing book that is not geared toward the conditions in California is a difficult thing to do but this book does just that. You will find information on growing grapes in those conditions for sure but also for growing in colder climates as well as the difficult conditions in the Southeastern US. The book talks at length about growing organicaly but doesn't preach. Even if you are not an organic grower there will be a lot of useful information to be found. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in growing grapes whether it is 1 vine or 10,000.

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5.0 out of 5 stars No Sour Grapes Here
Rombough's text covers growing grapes very thoroughly. It is admittedly biased toward an organic approach, but does not omit comments for non-organic growers. Read more

Published on April 9 2003 by Dr. Glenn R. Young

5.0 out of 5 stars I have to agree with everyone else
I am new to fruit growing in general. A lot of books seems to have either very little information or to much for me to handle (mostly because it is geared toward commercial... Read more

Published on Mar 20 2003 by lostman_amiga