Fruit trees and nuts
Fruit trees and nuts
This chapter focuses on the different aspects of fruit-tree domestication, and its difference with grain crop agriculture. Grains and crops can be moved from one place to another after the harvest, which makes them suitable for cultivators who transfer to other places after harvest. In contrast, fruit trees are perennials. For example, orchards start to bear fruit three to eight years after planting, and reach full productivity several years later. Therefore, it needs protection from intruders the year round, requiring cultivators to have a settled way of life. This chapter also studies the cultivation of fruit trees and nuts including olive, grapevine, fig, sycamore, date palm, pomegranate, apple, pear, plum, and cherries.
Keywords: fruit-tree, olive, grapevine, fig, sycamore, date palm, pomegranate, apple, pear, plum
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