This most comprehensive text discusses the present state and economic importance of tropical fruit growing. This edition not only includes more recent information on the major export fruits, citrus, banana and pineapple, but also a much extended section on minor fruit crops which are becoming of greater importance in export markets.

J.A. Samson was until recently Lecturer in Tropical Crop Husbandry at the Agricultural University of Wageningen in the Netherlands. He was formerly Director of the Agricultural Experimental Station, Surinam, and has had extensive practical experience in tropical fruit production.