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Looking for recommendations for books that cover fruit tree growing, including topics such as pruning and grafting. We live in NH, grow zone 5b, and have a variety of trees that we don't know well how to care for (peaches, plums, mulberry, elderberry) as well as lots of feral apples onto which we hope to graft some other varieties.tia!
 
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(If there is "book" in the post title I will immediately rise to the bait--snip snap!)

If I ever have a bunch of fruit trees, I am getting this legendary book:
The Holistic Orchard: Growing Tree Fruits and Berries the Biological Way by Michael Phillips. (I have the late author's book on Mycorrhizae and it is breathtaking.)


If you're interested in whole-systems gardening and forest gardens, take a look at Dani Baker's new The Home-Scale Forest Garden.  



I really like it, and I think she's writing and gardening up in your area...-ish. The book is so complete, from soil health to pruning and everything in between.



 
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I have The Holistic Orchard. I love it. It covers how to care for all the fruits mentioned, except  mulberry,  which barely gets a mention as a wildlife planting.

Baltic Ecology has a good permaculture article on mulberries here.
 
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Thank you! I will check these out!
 
Sure, he can talk to fish, but don't ask him what they say. You're better off reading a tiny ad:
montana community seeking 20 people who are gardeners or want to be gardeners
https://permies.com/t/359868/montana-community-seeking-people-gardeners
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