The Fruit Gardener's Bible A

UNTIL ONE IS INVOLVED with writing, or in this case extensively revising, a book of this magnitude, one cannot imagine the number of people who help to make it a reality, to grow mere words into a beautiful and useful gardening reference. I am most thankful to Carleen Madigan for inviting me to undertake this project, and then for providing extra time to make some needed changes. In addition, I’m grateful to the reviewers, the artist, the photographers, and the many other production personnel I’ve not had the pleasure to meet. Thanks especially to Liz Stell for her patience as we worked on all the details to reorganize the material and create a book even more reader-friendly. To make this book applicable beyond where I garden, in New England, I’m indebted to the many nurseries, specialist growers, and cooperative extension professionals coast to coast and north to south who shared useful information on cultivars and practices for their particular regions. I hope this book has succeeded in tapping into, and accumulating in one place, this wealth of knowledge. Even with so much new information added to this book, Lewis’s voice still rings throughout it. I’m grateful for the chance to have known Lewis and Nancy Hill so well, and to have enjoyed good visits and learned much from them over the years. Finally, thanks to my family for giving me up for so many weeks behind the computer.