Dear Reader,
I lived on a farm all of my life, and have been growing fruit trees all of my life. Many years ago, I drafted a pamphlet, Perennial Food, Easy and Reliable Methods for Growing and Propagating Fruits and Nuts. For over 10 years, I have revised and expanded the pamphlet, and now it is a short book. It has been free to the public, and many people have found it useful. The link for Perennial Food is
http://conev.org/fruitbook.pdf
Cut and paste that, and you can download the book. My family is not wealthy. Please consider a donation. A lot of work has gone into creating and maintaining that book for your use. You can donate by sending money via paypal for alex at conev dot org . You could also send a donation to Alexis Zeigler, 217 Fredericksburg Ave, Louisa VA, 23093 Another very useful resource for learning about orchard planning can be found at Edible Landscaping, ediblelandscaping.com in a video titled Planning a Home Orchard. The link is http://ediblelandscaping.com/buyPlants.php?func=view&id=1116 That is a 5 hour video, the result of a cooperative effort between Michael McConkey (owner of Edible Landscaping) and Alexis Zeigler. That video is about orchard planning, not propagation. (It is not free.) For a broad approach to propagating fruit trees for food production, we know of no better resource
than Perennial Food. There are lots of good resources about commercial methods of propagation, but those are not ideal for the home grower. Enjoy and eat well!
