Book Review – Fall 2007

Book Review By Tami Schlies   The 2007 Prairie Garden The Edible Landscape This 168 page paperback is a very nice compilation of articles written by experts in Western Canada.  Articles such as “Dwarf Sour Cherries for the Prairie” and “Wild Plums in the Northwest” are a wealth of information we orchardists in Alaska can…

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Book Reviews – March 2003

By Tami Schlies Organic Gardening in Cold Climates by Sandra Perrin This sounded like a promising book when I picked it up, but I was a little disappointed at the simplicity of the subject matter.  She covered the basics, but there was nothing new for me in it.  I had hoped for an explanation of…

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Books Review – Spring 2002

By TAMI SCHLIES   Tall and Tasty Fruit Trees by Merideth Sayles Hughes  80 pages   This book is actually a children’s book I found while at the library with my kids.  Being the fruit fiend I am, I picked it up to flip through and ended up checking it out!  It has sections on…

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Book Reviews May 2001

Book Review: by JERRY KOERNER   NAFEX member George Stilphen is offering a second printing of his book The Apples of Maine.  Back in 1993, George updated the original Apples of Maine by Bradford that was originally published in 1911.  George’s first printing was only 500 copies, which sold fast and are almost impossible to…

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Book Reviews January 2001

Reviews continued:   by DAN ELLIOT Happy New Year From the New President!  At the December meeting I passed around three books related to training and pruning I borrowed from the NAFEX library.  Debbie Hinchey suggested I write short reviews on them for the members not present. The video mentioned last here was shown at…

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Book Reviews May 2000

Publication Review by Tami Schlies   The Oregon State University has a very good 23 page publication titled Growing Kiwifruit  (publication PNW 507) which gives step by step details on soil preferences, fertilization, irrigation, trellising options, thinning, harvesting, and storing kiwi.  They use “fuzzy” kiwifruit studies as a basis, but do include sections on Hardy…

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SOME INTERESTING PUBLICATIONS

Susan Brook, NAFEX member from Gustavus, sent some information on 2 publications that might interest Alaska readers. The first, A Grower’s Guide to Pruning Highbush Blueberries is a manual available in VHS format ($27.00 plus $3.00 shipping payable to Oregon State Univ.). Although highbush blueberries do not grow well in Alaska, the information might be…

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