1. The Caribbean is a fragile environment of precipitous land teased by continuous wind and gnawed by restless waters of streams and sea. This book discribes what grows and how to grow it.
  2. The warm climate and generous rainfall of the Caribbean islands, together with rich soils, provide excellent conditions for growing a great variety of plant life. Columbus discovered that the indigenous peoples of the region were successfully growing an extensive range of plants and crops, and...