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Review - Pirone's Tree Maintenance

This is a beautifully illustrated encyclopedic resource that absolutely belongs on the bookshelf of every arborist, and landscape architect and home-owner alike.  You will find information on hundreds of varieties of trees as well as how to keep these trees healthy and pest-free. This is a revised volume which includes current advice about selecting, planting and protecting trees as well as evaluating the location, pruning, fertilizing and fumigating for pests.

I understand this book has been praised by The New York Times no less, as "an indispensable guide for the home-owner and the professional," Tree Maintenance has been the definitive source on maintenance of trees for over fifty years, an essential reference not only for arborists, nurserymen, and landscape architects, but for all home-owners who want to keep their trees healthy and pest free.

This Seventh Edition, now named in honor of Dr. P. P. Pirone, who authored the first five editions and co-authored the sixth, has been revised to reflect the enormous amount of new information available since the last edition, including the latest techniques in selecting, planting, and protecting trees. The authors explain how to evaluate the site (the soil, drainage, and exposure), how to select the right tree for that location, and how to prune, fertilize, and spray for pests.

There is an extensive section on the diagnosis and control of tree pests and diseases, and on problems such as construction damage, gas injury, sunscald, leaf scorch, and air pollution. While the general structure of the sixth edition has been retained, there are several topics–notably hazardous trees and coping with tree pests and diseases, that have received greater attention than in previous versions of the book. The second half of the book comprises a systematic listing of the major landscape trees found in North America, describing the specific pests and diseases that attack each species. Well organized, clearly written, and beautifully illustrated with many new photographs, Pirone''s Tree Maintenance is an encyclopedic resource, the first place to turn for information on dogwoods and elms, magnolias and redwoods, or any other tree growing. Anyone serious about gardening will want this book on their shelf. this book on their shelve.

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