Illustrated Guide to Making and Caring for Fruit Tree Bonsai

Author: Xu Weijie, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Fruit tree bonsai combines fruit cultivation techniques with bonsai shaping art, offering both floral and fruit appreciation while emphasizing aesthetically pleasing forms. It is a key component of sightseeing agriculture and an important part of the fruit and flower industries. Particularly, with China's focus on developing high-quality and premium fruits, fully utilizing old orchards, and developing fruit tree bonsai with an emphasis on ornamental value has become a new growth point for the fruit industry. Fruit tree bonsai trees exhibit graceful forms, blooming in spring and bearing fruit in autumn. On pots less than one meter tall, large fruits hang heavily on the branches, standing out prominently against the gnarled, rugged old trunks and lush green leaves, leaving a breathtaking impression. Placing a few fruit tree bonsai pots at home, taking a break beside them after a busy day, with their fragrant aroma filling the air and their beauty pleasing the eye, and casually picking a couple of fruits to taste—what joy and delight! This book is divided into three main parts, introducing the growth and fruiting characteristics of fruit trees and the techniques for creating and maintaining fruit tree bonsai. It focuses on the shaping skills and care management techniques for ten major fruit tree bonsai species, including apple, pear, peach, pomegranate, grape, hawthorn, plum, persimmon, kumquat, and jujube. The book is richly illustrated and easy to understand.