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The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers

The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers

by TonyKirkham (Author), George E . Brown (Author)

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 340
 Edition: 2nd Ed
 Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 15 Feb 2004
ISBN 10: 0881926132
ISBN 13: 9780881926132

Media Reviews
The authors explain the basic principles of pruning and offer insights into why we cut trees and how to care for them, and handle specific situations such as lightning strikes, wind, cavitites and wounds, crown reduction, training and other general pruning topics. --The Washington Post

This revised edition continues to be a reliable learning text for those wielding cutting tools intended to assist nature in her work. --American Reference Books Annual

This book is masterfully written and is a 'sophisticated' treatise on an important subject. --Virginia Master Gardeners Association Report

It's a classic. --Plant Master

[This] has to be the definitive guide and a must-have book for all enthusiastic gardeners and professional horticulturists. --Kew

Excellent updated edition full of color photos and 'how-to' drawings. --Rocky Mountain News

Good pruning is known both as an art and a science, and this book helps the gardener accomplish both. --National Gardener

Kirkham's revision is one the student will keep and refer to repeatedly as an easy to use reference. Well organized and lavishly illustrated. --National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Journal

This recent edition includes all the latest in theory and technique. --California Garden

This easy-to-use reference is more practical than ever for both professinals and amateurs. --Michigan Gardener

For the definitive answer on how, when and what to prune. --Daily Mirror

First published in 1972 and now thoroughly revised and substantially expanded, this classic work continues to be trusted and respected as an essential guide to pruning, incorporating major advances in the science of arboriculture. --Best of British

Quite simply, the book on pruning. --Gardening Newsletter