The Exotic Jackfruit: Growing the World's Largest Fruit

The Exotic Jackfruit: Growing the World's Largest Fruit Richard J. Campbell, Ph.D., Noris Ledesma East meets West in this thorough treatment of one of the world's most exotic tropical treasures - the jackfruit. Written in English and Spanish to reach an expanding new audience, “The Exotic Jackfruit” presents the latest on propagation, tree care, pruning and shaping, pests and diseases, harvest, ripening and storage. The home gardener and commercial grower alike will benefit from the use of color photographs and icons to indicate the origin, production, bearing season, vigor, and flesh texture of a host of jackfruit cultivars. The jackfruit has arrived. Come see what you have been missing. Published by Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. 71 pp. Hardcover