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Mark Rieger.
Introduction to Fruit Crops.
Binghampton, N.Y.: Haworth Press, 2006.
Paper, 462 p., ISBN 1–560–22259–x, $59.95.

International in scope, this comprehensive reference to the major fruit crops of the world provides essential information about temperate, subtropical, and tropical fruit species. Well-organized and illustrated, each chapter contains a review of the taxonomy, origin, history, production, harvesting, and post-harvest handling of each crop. Educator and researcher Mark Rieger, a specialist in these crops, has certainly achieved his goal in this ambitious undertaking. The book is easy to read and most suitable as a student textbook, library reference, or resource for commercial growers and those in the food industry. It will also fascinate home gardeners.

— Marilyn K. Alaimo, garden writer and volunteer, Chicago Botanic Garden.