Fruit category: 624 books

Dates are a very common fruit in the Middle East, and most crops are grown there or in northern Africa. The fruit is grown on a date palm tree, and it should be no surprise that they thrive only in hot dry climates. For North American growers, only zones 9 to 11 would be suitable for date palms....

Rich in many vitamins and minerals, plus an amazingly high antioxidant content, the pomegranate has been called "the King of the Fruits†?. Use its gorgeous seeds in salads, smoothies and other delicious recipes or create a fabulous frizz-fighting hair mask. Super Food: Pomegranate includes: Feature...

Did you know Avocados contain around 20 minerals and vitamins which are essential to good health? But a medium avocado contains more calories than a Mars bar? Who cares? They're delicious and can be used in everything from salad to soup. And make a fabulous face mask! Super Food: Avocado contains Feature...

The Cranberry Cookbook, celebrates the cranberry’s position as an honest American fruit, a true “local food.” Along with blueberries and Concord grapes, cranberries were growing on North American soil and were sustaining the natives, long before the Europeans crossed the Atlantic. With over...

The most complete cookbook for enjoying and cooking with apples. The Apple Lover's Cookbook celebrates the beauty of apples in all their delicious variety, taking you from the orchard to the kitchen with recipes both sweet (like Apple-Stuffed Biscuit Buns and Blue Ribbon Deep-Dish Apple Pie)...

All You Need to Take Advantage of Coconut Oil's Many Health Benefits With The Coconut Oil Cure, you hold the key to improved health and beauty using a tropical fruit prized for its healing properties and versatile applications. In addition to delicious recipes that help you lose weight and...

Grapes are the most popular and widely grown fruit in the world. From the tropics to Alaska, grapes will grow successfully in almost every climate. Whether you raise them for fresh eating, or for making wine, juice, or jellies and preserves, the right grapes will reward you with abundant crops for...

Some of Britain's surviving orchards are almost six hundred years old, and whether laden with summer fruit or stripped bare by the winter are places of great beauty. Throughout history, they have played an important role in life both rural and urban, providing not just food and drink but also a haven...

Heritage Apples travels far beyond the grocery store of today to savor the apples of the past. These are the apple varieties—the Gravensteins, the Kings, the red-fleshed Pink Pearl—that link us to history, but through food movements and taste preferences are remerging as the fruit of the future....

Learn the essentials of tropical and Asian fruits with this useful and portable reference book. Handy Pocket Guide to Tropical Fruits introduces approximately 40 frit species commonly found in the Tropics. Each exotic item is described in detail and its country of origin and areas of growth...

The Ultimate guide to growing your own fruit, nut, herb, vegetables and other food bearing plants in your own back yard. Learn how to grow the plants, the benefits of the food the plants bear and general gardening tips to use in your own garden. From Abyssinian tea to Zucchini, to information and...

Create Fertile, Productive Soil, Anywhere! Create fertile, productive soil for your garden! Improving your soil both increases your yield of vegetables and fruit and makes your garden easier to tend. With Improving Your Soil, you’ll learn the best ways to improve the soil in your garden.

A cookbook showcasing the luscious flavor of peaches in 50 sweet and savory dishes, drawing on the life stories and experiences of America's foremost peach farming family, the Masumotos of California's central valley. Enjoy the luscious versatility of summer’s finest fruit with fifty sweet...

It's easy to get children to eat healthy fruit and veg if you know how. More than 60 recipes for juices and smoothies will ensure your kids get their 5-a-day the easy way. From fresh citrus fruits to sweet berries, whatever your children's tipple there's a juice or smoothie to please (grown-ups will...