I was just browsing through my copy of Glowinski's book last night, so I'll second Don's recommendation of it. But for the American reader it has one important shortcoming, namely that Australia lacks some of the major insect pests and diseases you will face in TN. Perhaps the most important are the insect plum curculio and the bacterial disease fireblight. For example, Glowinski says the Hosui Asian pear is highly disease resistant; it may well resist the diseases found in Australia, but it is reputed to be very susceptible to fireblight here. Another shortcoming is in regard to the varieties: due to Australia's extremely tough regulations on importing plant or animal life, a large numbe of varieties we can readily get in the US are not available to Australians. For example, Glowinski lists only one readily available gooseberry cultivar, whereas over here there are dozens. But these shortcomings can be overcome by use of the web; I particularly like the fruit growing guides available on line from Penn State and Cornell. What is particularly good about Glowinski's book (besides its great readability) is that it is oriented to the backyard grower and manages to hit just the right balance between technical details more appropriate for a commercial grower and dummed down information of little real value to the home grower.

Hi Trace_stew hi good if you like those books. You said "Thanks for finding it for me!" you found this message yourself, but if you meant finding those books then your message is o.k. Then we can continue as there is still more books online, if i saw it right. Next book name is Prunning fruit trees from 1917 and online version has 48 pages. This is West Virginia university agricultural experiment station bulletin 164. This book tells how to prun fruit. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/pruningfruittree164alde Next book name is An epitome of Mr. Forsyth's treatise on the culture and management of fruit trees from 1803 and online version has 268 pages. This book have Apricot growing tips , plum varieties, pear varieties and peach varieties. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/epitomeofmrforsy01fors Next book name is Sun-scald of fruit trees : a type of winter injury from 1916 and online version has 66 pages. It tells about sun scald about fruit trees. Book says sun scald is winter injury to tree trunk which was southwest or sun side exposed. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/sunscaldoffruitt00mixa Next book name is A treatise on the insects most prevalent on fruit trees and garden produce from 1829 and online version has 313 pages. This books have pear, plum, peach, fig diseases and treatment tips. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/atreatiseoninse00majogoog Next book name is The orchard house; or, The cultivation of fruit trees in pots under glass from 1879 and online version has 299 pages. This books tells about growing peaches, plums, cherries, figs, pears and grapes in pots. Book says under glass, i think it means in green house. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/orchardhouseorc00rivegoog Next book is The tree pruner: being a practical manual on the pruning of fruit trees, etc and have 227 pages. It have peach prunning, training, management , pear prunning, apple prunning and pear prunning tips. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/treeprunerbeing00woodgoog Next book name is A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit Trees ... from 1824 and online version has 575 pages. I have already gave this book earlier, but this was later made book and also had more pages so i give it again here. This book have have apricot, plum, peach prunning and training tips. This books also have peach varieties. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/atreatiseoncult01forsgoog Next book name is The Orchard: Including the Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees, and ... from 1839 and online version has 501 pages. This book have planting, prunning and training advice on peaches, pear, apple and apricot. This book also have peach, raspberry, pineapple and strawberry variety describtions. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/orchardincludin00mcingoog Next book name is The science and practice of grafting, pruning, and training fruit trees, tr. by W. Wardle from 1862 and online version has 253 pages. This books have grafting, trading and prunning advice on peaches, cherries, plums and pears. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/scienceandpract00breugoog Next book name is Observations on the barrenness of fruit trees, and the means of prevention and cure from 1813 and online version has 114 pages. This books tells about this diseases and it's handling advices. (Not sure is this disease, but i quickly looked into it and didn't got right it so i just say disease here.) Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/observationsonba00lyonrich Next book name is Catalogue of fruit trees cultivated by George Bunyard & Co., Royal Nurseries, 1898-99 from 1898 and online version has 158 pages. This book have peach, apple, grape and blackberry variety describtions. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924000721252 Next book Tree wounds and diseases, their prevention and treatment, with a special chapter on fruit trees from 1916 and online version has 310 pages. This books talks about fruit tree diseases and how to treat them. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/treewoundsdiseas00websuoft Next book name is The tree planter and plant propagator; being a practical manual on the propagation of fruit trees from 1880 and online version has 382 pages. This book have peach, cherry, plum and pear propagation advices. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/treeplanterplant00wooduoft Next book The fruit garden : a treatise intended to explain and illustrate the physiology of fruit trees ... illustrated with upwards of 150 figures from 1852 and oline version has 434 pages. This book have pear varieties, plum varieties, strawberry varieties and peach varieties. It also have tips about gathering fruit. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/fruitgardentreat02barr Next book name is A treatise on the insects injurious to fruit and fruit trees of the State of California, and remedies recommended for their extermination from 1881 and online version has 80 pages. This book have fruit tree insects and their handling information for California. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/treatiseoninsect00cook Next book name is A treatise on the insects injurious to fruit and fruit trees of the state of California, and remedies recommended for their extermination from 1888 and oline version has 92 pages. This book have fruit tree insects and their handling information for California. This books have same name as above but seems to be different book. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/treatiseoninsect00klee Next book name is Fruit culture vol 1 from 1912 and online version has 600 pages. This books have apple, pear, cherry, quince, apricot varieties describtions. It also have apple prunning, pear prunning advice, apricot orchard operations, cherry orchard operations, quince management advice and apple, pear, cherry, apricot and quince variety describtions. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/fruitculture01inte Next book name is Fruit Culture vol 2 from 1912 and online version has 586 pages. This second part above book. This books have peach, plum, grape, strawberry, raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, currants and gooseberry variety describtions. It also have peach orchard management, plum operations, vineyard management, fertilization of strawberries, planting red raspberries, planting blackberries, planting dewberries, planting currants and planting gooseberries advices. Here is the link : http://www.archive.org/details/fruitculture02inte I have found another source of online books, so now i change site and list some fruit tree books from there. Next book name is Fruit-gardening: containing complete practical directions for the selection, propagation and cultivation of all kinds of fruit from 1901 and online version has 211 pages. This books have training and prunning tips for fruit trees. It also have peach variety describtions. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=3145797 Next book name is The fruit-growers guide-book from 1911 and online version has 288 pages. This books have prunning tips for fruit trees. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=2716512 Next book name is Fruit growing from 1925 and online version has 777 pages. This books tells about fruit bud formation, rest period of fruit trees, fruit thinning and fruit setting advices. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=3114284 Next book name is Fruit-growing in arid regions: an account of approved fruit-growing practices in the inter-mountain country of the western United States from 1910 and online version has 399 pages. This book have buds, prunning young trees, irrigation and mature tree prunning advice. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=3076603 Next book name Fruits and vegetables under glass: apples, apricots, cherries, figs, grapes, melons, peaches and nectarines, pears, pinapples, plums, strawberries; asparagus, beans, beets, carrots, chicory, cauliflowers, cucumbers, lettuce, mushrooms, radishes, rhubarb, sea kale, tomatoes from 1912 and online version has 256 pages. This book tell about growing fruit under glass which probably mean green house, it have grape thinning, grape vine cultivate in pots, commercial grape culture tips and cultural advice on peaches. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=2731255 Next book name is Fruits of the Hawaiian Islands from 1907 and online version has 77 pages. This books describes fruit trees and what their fruit tastes. Here is the link : http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;idno=2730785 I stop now, that was many books in this listing.

Check with your state's Department of Agriculture / Extension Agency. Many of them have a web presence. Most states have a number of brochures and thorough articles discussing what will grow well in your area, how to plant, and how to cultivate fruit trees. Those will be better than any sort of generic advice given in a book that's designed to appeal to a nationwide audience. You should also consider buying a gardening book by a local author that specifically discusses your area. The advice and tips are usually dead on and less generic. For example, again, "Extreme Gardening in Arizona" or Brookbank's "Desert Gardening" is more useful to me, in Phoenix, than Sunset's "Guide to Western Gardening" which is very California-centric or Otto's "The Backyard Orchardist: A Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees"

MrsG47 hi I have seen this book on internet. I think this is U.S.A. book is that for Michigan part of U.S.A.? I meant that part of U.S.A. for growing fruit. U.S.A. is quite big country, growing situations can vary different parts of U.S.A. You mean it is easy to understand? Noogy hi You mean posts, something posted here Gardenweb? I think saw something pear posting here regarding that. That last book sounds like medicinal book to me. I forgot to say Florida's best fruiting plants book have few pages for each fruit. Florida's best fruiting plants book was good book. It listed some varieties, good images, good information about plants, just to look the book is good. Peach world cultivars to marketing was also good book, good amount of information. Fruits of philippines was good book, it had images of fruits which is good. Next book name is Common Malaysian Fruits from 1975 and it have 64 pages. This books have tropical fruits. It have color plates which shows fruit and leafs. It also have diameter in centimetres so you can compare fruit size. Images are without colors. This book have mainly common tropical fruits, not much special fruits. Fruits are listed in alphabetically by family. First is Anacardiaceae mango family, followed by Annonaceae cherimoya family and caricaceae papay family. First it say something about family and after that it explain plants. First fruit is mango. It describes what size tree is, what kind of leaves it have and what kind of fruit it have. It says fruit size, what color it have and what it taste like, is it sweet fruit. This book is good too, not very big but it have information about fruits. This book have soursop, rambai, assam gelugur and mangosteen fruits. Just to mention few of them. Next book is Malaysian Fruits in Color from 1996 and it have 129 pages. This books have color images. This books have chapter which are following : common Malaysian fruits, rare fruits, ornamental fruits, wild fruits, nuts, highland fruits, fruit arrangement, seasonality of fruits, propagation, planting and maintenance, index to common names and index to botanical names. This books have common fruits, but some unusual fruits too. This books explains fruit plants size, fruit size, what kind of taste fruit has, when it starts bearing. Images shows fruits in branches. It give plant name, latin name and what family it belongs to. Common malaysian fruits chapter have information about durian, mangosteen, banana and pineapple. Just to mention some of them. Rare fruits chapter have fruits which are rare or are uncommon many people. It have butterfruit Diospyros Discolor and Gnemon tree Gnetum Gnemon. Just to name a few of them. Ornamental fruits chapter have plants which are grown mainly for their ornamental purposes but might be edible. This chapter have kumquat plant. Wild fruits chapter have edible fruits, they are growing wild in forest. This chapter have soft fig Ficus Obpyramidata, wild watermelon Passiflora Foetida, west inidan cherry Muntingia Calabura and tampoi Baccaurea Griffithii. Just to mention some of them. Nuts chapther have nuts. This chapter have brazil nut Bertholletia Excelsa. Highland fruits chapter have fruits which grow high elevations. This chapter have strawberry. Fruits arrangement chapter have some information about fruit arrangments. Seasonality of fruits chapter explains fruit production, what kind of flower plant can have, what can influence that plant produce fruits. Propagation, planting and maintenance chapter tells about plant propagation by seeds, budgrafting, planting, and watering plants. After that there is index to common names and index to botanical names. This books was good, it have good images, also plants are in section. Having planting information is also good, altought i have not much looked there yet. Next book is Oro verde Securing the Future of our Food book from 2007 and have 308 pages. I didn't like this book. I feel like information what it gave on fruits, was information that i could find on internet. Waste of money in other words. It have followin chapters : tropical vegetables, tropical herbs & spices, tropical fruits, the philosophy behind holistic organic cultivation, soil - the foundation life, pest & disease control, genetically modified foods, the holistic farmer, future hope, epilogue, glossary and index. It has color images on fruits, but grey on vegetables. Tropical fruits list are from page 140-199. There is 30 additional tropical fruit & nut crops with commercial potential after that list. Each fruit takes few pages. So about 60 pages of that book 300 pages is about fruits. It looks like this book is written for farmers, as it says how much they profit from fruit, pest control, disease control, organic growing. It is not a fruit growing book, too much general taking about soil, fertilizing, planting. As it have short fruit describtions, it don't have much growing advice, it didn't have much images either. I think it is not good book for fruit growing. Mine last book is Fruits for southern Florida from 1980 and it have 196 pages. This books habe black and white images. This books tells fruits alphabetically in family order. Before plants it have following chapters : introduction, climatic factors, cultural notes, plant disorders, commercial plantings, home yard plantings, uses of fruits, introduction to describtive text. It explain plant disorders, which might be good for beginners. It also list fruits are they trees or bush or vine. Information for planting is also given. It have information about uses of fruits and also have table of uses of fruit which is good. First family is Anacardiaceae cashew family. It first give describtion of family. First fruit is cashew. It tells what size tree is, what kind of fruit it has, what fruit taste like, when fruit ripens, also has information bark use. It have nutritional information of fruit. It have list of fruit varieties. It don't have much of images, so there is pretty good amount information about fruits considering size of this book. This book is good. This books have cherimoya, soursop, custar apple, sugar apple, loquat and mangosteen fruits. Just to mention some of them.